Starry Paws Book Two

Dappled Love

     I walked to the front of camp to check on the entrance. I sat down next to Spalshcliff. "Hey? How are you this night?" I asked her quietly.
"Good, I need to ask you something. You might judge me...." She sighed staring down at her paws.
"Never! What's wrong?" I purred and licked her ears.
"I want kits but no tom here interests me!" She wailed.
"I-I" I stammered. A rustle in the bushes made me flinch.
"Who is it?!" I hissed. A golden dappled she-cat thrust through the bushes with a golden bundle of fur hung in her jaws.
"Please! Singewhisker! Take him, Bramblestar would've killed him because he was the runt! Please take care of my kit." The she-cat I recognized as, Goldenwing.
"His name's Moorkit." She weeped.
"Well, Spalshcliff. You got what you wanted." Purring I handed the kit to her. Her gaze lit up in love and Gratefulness.
"How can I repay you?" Spalshcliff asked Goldenwing
"Taking him is enough." She whispered as tears formed under her eyes.
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     Splashcliff was suckling the golden tom. The spotted kit's golden paws kneaded at Splashcliff's white belly fur. "Looks like the borage helped." I purred licked Spalshcliff's ears as she purred like a boulder falling down a cliff.
"I love him, I will raise him as mine." She whispered in a soft voice.
"How will you explain the father?" I asked as her loving gaze turned to ice.
"I won't. Queens have a right to keep he father a secret. So I will do so." She growled and nuzzled Moorkit's golden forehead.
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     Moorkit leaped to his paws ad tackled Spalshcliff's tail, in amusement, Spalshcliff purred and twitched her tail on purpose so he an have fun playing with her tail.
Lionkit was playing with Juniperkit under the High Rock. Brindlekit quietly groomed her mother's silver fur with soft licks. Palekit and Skykit were sharing a mouse.