Falconstar's Burden

Falconflight has waited his whole life to serve ThunderClan. Now, as he sits beneath the stars to receive his nine lives, he believes his destiny will finally be fulfilled. StarClan watches. His Clanmates whisper his new name. All should be perfect.

But with each life comes a truth he cannot share.
A mentor's quiet betrayal.
An apprentice's final cry.
A healer's dark choice.
A rival's burning pride.

Each spirit grants him a gift-courage, patience, compassion, ambition-but also leaves behind a burden: the memory of their mistakes, their regrets, their guilt. One by one, they weave themselves into his heart until he can no longer tell where their sins end and his own begin.

When the ceremony ends, Falconstar will rise not just as ThunderClan's leader... but as the keeper of nine unbearable secrets.

Every leader is given nine lives.
Only Falconstar is forced to live nine others.