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She expected the question which came. Wildfire shook her head and answered, "No, I don't plan on having any more." There was her age old fear of defects, of course, as well as her heartache over some of her children disowning her, not to mention Bat's death. There was also her lack of a mate. But there was also the fact that the Sovereign was content with what she already had, notably Kiwi and Sequoia.

"But my godparents are coming here to live soon and I'm sure they're planning another litter this year," Wildfire continued after a short, thoughtful pause. "It might be one of their last," she mused, black tail twitching thoughtfully. She didn't consider Finley and Elwood old but they were two years her senior (and she was nearly four!), plus they were retirement age. The thought made her chest feel tight.