Blacktail Deer Plateau I just called to say I love you.

At one point, Khoe thought that she was imagining all of this. She thought that she'd never met Grayday, never had her pups, never left them behind; rather, she wished. She wished that things had never gone so left and that she'd lived a normal life with a mate who she loved and children who grew more and more each day, but instead, she'd been given the short end. Listen, she whispered, though her voice was rough and came out as a croak, Mama can't stay for very long. I'll be back, she wanted to add, but Khoe didn't want to tell another lie.