They had traveled farther in the Lore than Cheedo ever had before. It was now just the three of them after having left Adeltra with her family in Willow Ridge. The small Agouti had stayed behind for that since she didn't know the girl as well as her companions. Now they had traveled toward the mountain, it was much bigger than the Monadnock or the rock in Ritter. More dangerous too but Cheedo faced it just as she had with every other challenge in her life.
The former second now found herself alone in the forest though not far from Piety and Cyril, she would not abandon them. Her good ear was directed towards them in case they needed her but for the time she needed a few moments to herself. She'd remained strong for her former leader and her son, helping them through their travels and doing what she could to see that they ate. She didn't have much of an appetite herself do she didn't expect them to have one either.
She walked through the forest in the twilight, the snow crunching under her paws. She missed Wraith dearly, he’d been a welcomed guidance for her. Cheedo took a deep breath before looking into the sky at the stars that twinkled there and wondered if her former leader was up there with them.