Horizon Ridge Black honey

@Deirdre @Emaleth Yours if you want it. :)

@Harlyn Tagging for visibility (and so you can slap me if I made any mistakes).

It was very unlike Larkspur to stray from her family's (namely her mother's) side, particularly in the dark of night. But when she stirred awake, tummy aching, she couldn't ignore the instinctual urge to find something to eat. Slowly, she stood and began sniffing away from her sleeping mother and brothers. Of course, there wasn't even a scrap of food to be found anywhere. Larkspur paused perhaps a dozen yards from where Harlyn, Silas and Pippin rested, stifling a hungry whine that clawed its way up her throat.

Looking at them reminded her of Mordecai's absence. Her little heart throbbed in her chest. She wanted her daddy back almost more than she wanted something to eat. Swallowing her whimpers, Spur began to creep further away from her family's resting place. Her heart beat an anxious cadence in her chest with every nimble footstep, yet Larkspur did not give in to the urge to turn back and flee back to Harlyn's side. The little girl couldn't bear it anymore. She needed to find daddy and she needed to find food.

By the time the sun rose, Larkspur was far from anything familiar and she was exhausted. Despite the welcome warmth of daylight on her back, she slumped at the foot of a foreign ridge and finally let herself cry. Hiccuping sobs wracked her body as Spur mourned the aching emptiness in both her body and soul.