Redsand Canyon prehendo

fennec.

she filled his eyes and senses; he almost went to her at once but hung back in a silence that grew far too tense before he spoke.

"i found him. he loves me. and i love him."

but i love you also
 
the eagle would not dare to say this.

"i mean to return to ranging." riverclan could not be his home, not now. but neither was mereo, and neither could he continue to drag fennec through the lie that was his own spirit.

his mouth opened, but no sound emerged. his ears splayed. germanicus in this moment was perhaps as undone as he had ever been.