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Motherhood weighs heavy on Hawkstar's mind now. Between herself and her mate, they had produced four strong warriors, four warriors that they had raised and trained to be as fierce and as quick as their mothers before them. They would never have been caught with their bellies sliced, not with the training from their mentors, from Hawkeye, from White-eye.
But then again … Rosebelly had been trained by Hawkstar, so what did that say about her?
Hawkstar doesn't even call for Starlitpath now. She seeks her out, imagining her for a moment as the sole kit at her belly being shielded by a commanding glare to her siblings: don't play with her too rough, your sister is much smaller than you still.
She needs to hold her, to lick behind her ears, to know that she will be safe. If Hawkstar's training could not keep Rosebelly alive, then what did that mean for her child?
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