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He promised to get enough supplies to aid her too. Towhee could only nod and watch him go, then slowly turn her attention back toward Niamh. She heard nothing of the other woman's murmurs, though she could see that she'd changed positions. The Sovereign shifted a little closer.

"Keep her awake," Eljay had said, so Towhee said, "Niamh, wake up and tell me what happened." Her voice came out particularly gruff, not that she knew it. "Niamh," she repeated wearily, pushing her snout against her friend's ruff, "wake up."

Even as she attempted to rouse the Regent, a couple realizations struck her. Towhee looked up at Rye and said, "Call for Phox." He should be here with his mate.

What about her mate? Towhee knew both Niamh and Reyes well enough to know neither would attack unprovoked... and that both had serious tempers. It took two to tango. He was probably injured too, maybe seriously.

Abruptly, Towhee couldn't deal with any of this. She lurched onto all fours and said to Rye, "Come here and keep her warm, please." The Sovereign knew it wasn't a good idea to leave an outsider with her wounded friend. But he'd called for Phox, so hopefully he would be here soon. Her brother knew Rye.

Assuming he did as he was told, Towhee took a couple steadying breaths and said, "I'm going to..." She'd almost said "the cave." But there were a couple reasons she didn't want to go there right now. Her heart clenched and she didn't finish her sentence, instead saying, "I won't be far. Come find me when Phox or Eljay get back."

She turned away and left, deaf to any protests.