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Midnight lay on his stomach deep within a dense bush, watching his mother between the gaps in the lower branches. He knew the signs and knew she was packing up to leave. What he didn’t know was whether she would expect him to go with her and whether Tarkyn would let her take him.
If she didn’t want to take him, he would feel hurt but relieved. If she did want to take him and insisted on it, and Tarkyn let him go, he would run away. Midnight didn’t analyse why he would run away. He just knew that if Tarkyn let him go, he wouldn’t want to be with anybody.
As he watched, Hail finished packing up and walked over to where Tarkyn was sitting. She asked to speak privately with him and he moved away from the others with her. Midnight watched as they discussed his future. He could see each of
