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Chapter 17
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Chapter 17
Jayfeather pushed through the thorns into the camp just after sunhigh. The chil dawn wind had dropped as he journeyed back from the Moonpool, and warm light bathed the clearing. The stone hol ow was deserted1, and Jayfeather realized that al the warriors2 and apprentices4 would be out on patrol. He was heading for his den6 when he heard Mousefur’s voice.
“Jayfeather! Come here a moment.”
Jayfeather padded across and found the elder crouching7 alone outside her den. “Where’s Purdy?” he asked.
“Hol yleaf took him for a walk in the forest,” Mousefur replied. “I didn’t want to go. My legs are aching too much.”
“We can sort that out,” Jayfeather assured her. “I’l go and fetch you some daisy leaves.”
“I didn’t cal you over for that,” Mousefur snapped at him. “It’s about Hol yleaf.”
Jayfeather stood frozen with shock as Mousefur described the scene that had taken place in camp that morning. “Then Brambleclaw told every cat that he’d seen what happened,” she meowed. “That Ashfur attacked Hol yleaf and then fel into the stream by accident. I was sitting right here and I heard everything.”
She paused and Jayfeather could feel her gaze burning into his pelt8. His mind was whirling. What does it all mean? What’s going to happen, now that every cat thinks they know the truth? What happens if the real truth comes out?
“You knew this al along, didn’t you?” the old cat asked shrewdly.
Jayfeather nodded.
“But you said nothing?”
“What was the point? Hol yleaf had gone, and the situation was more complicated than it looked because of Ashfur’s threats. He threatened me, too, you know.”
Mousefur sniffed9. “So it suited you to have him dead.”
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clans
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mentor
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prey
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gathering
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