Sun Mote Copse Make it a point to tell me when you get to the end

No more blood spurted from her mouth, thank goodness for small miracles. The coughing jag lasted a moment longer, then Wildfire recovered enough to blink away the tears and look up into the concerned face of her mate. She grimaced. She'd been shielding Eljay and the kids from this, though she supposed she couldn't do that anymore.

Frowning guiltily in the direction of the den's mouth, Wildfire looked back at her mate. She tried to rearrange her face a little into something more reassuring, yet she failed absolutely. Instead, her eyes began to stream again as she admitted, "No, I don't. Raven didn't really know for sure either. But I'm—I think—" Her voice quavered.

Rather than continue, she tried to steady herself with some deep breaths, then asked him, "Could you tell your mom and dad I'm really sorry about what happened? And then can you walk me home?"