Chapter 36
Shadow had made an agreement to travel with Palepaw in search of his daughter. The two had become distant and made short stops along the way…making small patches of territory wherever they landed.
The moons had flown by and Palepaw had grown into a large cat. His amber eyes lost their sense of play and his claws almost always stayed unsheathed. Shadow had begun to wonder if his placid and grumpy behavior had worn off on Palepaw.
"We can make our territory here…and here." Palepaw mewed flatly, his amber eyes narrowed as the wind blew at his fur. Shadow sighed and checked the places he had for territory…it seemed too close to the Twoleg nests.
"Seems close to the Twolegs, Palepaw" He mewed flatly. "We should keep moving."
Palepaw cast Shadow a stern glance, his large body looming over the black tom. "It's only for tonight…if we want to find your daughter, we have to stay close to potential kittypets."
Shadow snorted and began to mark the territories for the night. Palepaw lashed his tail in ignorance and began to claim the territory with his scent markings. The tension between the two had been steadily rising as Palepaw had grown older. Shadow had regretted letting the tom tag along on his journey.
Shadow lied down at the base of a tree and watched as Palepaw scanned the area…his eyes burning in the gray light. Rolling his eyes, the black tom sighed and prepared for sleep.
Palepaw waited a while until the black tom fell asleep; he checked his surroundings and crept up to the Twoleg fence, silently scaling the top and looking for the one cat Shadow had been searching for since he left.
"Palepaw," A quiet voice mewed.
"Stella…"