Lost Creek Hollow excessum

In Crowfeather's words, Kestrelcloud finally found the end of his tolerance for the darkness that surrounded Riverclan. He took the order in silence, but his jaw tightened; the part of him that would always be Evergarden, the part he hated and clung to so tightly, could see nothing but the injustice of it all.
How could he fault Silvertongue? How could he send away her only support? Kel wasn't involved, not really, but looking in from the outside he knew now that he did not want to be. He glanced at the woman he was meant to escort to Swiftcurrent Creek and nodded stiffly, turning to lead her out of the territory as he'd been ordered. There was no reason to make things more difficult than they had to be. He would be back for Doedapple.
But not for them.