SHADECLOUD
Seedfur returned just before sundown. He was still carrying the mouse in his teeth, and he slipped back into camp unnoticed. He was walking towards where Lionblaze was resting. The ThunderClan deputy lifted his head as Seedfur approached with the mouse. Shadecloud crept closer to them.
“Seedfur!” Lionblaze greeted the brown warrior. Seedfur had been named as a kit after Seedpaw, who had died of greencough. He himself had almost died of greencough that same leaf-bare as a kit. Why had StarClan let him survive?
“Where were you today?” Lionblaze asked.
“Hunting,” Seedfur lied.
“Good. The Clan is hungry after a battle like that,” Lionblaze meowed.
“You must be too,” the traitor meowed. “I brought you this mouse. You can just relax and eat.”
“Thanks,” Lionblaze said.
Seedfur dropped the mouse at his paws. Shadecloud could hear Thorn’s voice saying, “Just stuff a mouse with deathberries. It’s truly simple.”
She raced forward. Time seemed to slow as she shoved Seedfur away from Lionblaze and pulled the mouse away with her paw. “Shadecloud, what is wrong with you? I was trying to eat!” Lionblaze hissed, confused.
“Eat a mouse stuffed with deathberries,” she growled, turning towards Seedfur.
“Traitor!” she spat at him.
Shadecloud reached her slender paw down the mouse’s throat. She dug her claws into something cold. Sure enough, her claws came up with scarlet berries hooked on them. Lionblaze stared at her in disbelief. “Seedfur? What have you done?” he asked, stunned.
Seedfur glared at Shadecloud with undisguised hatred in his icy blue eyes. “The same thing Tigerstar would have done!” he hissed.
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Warriors: The Unknown Threat Series Book #2: Endless Rivalry
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