"Why can't you stay with me, Coalear?" Rockshadow asked her. "Why did you have to go?" His heart wrenched painfully as he looked into her eyes. Coalear purred and rested her tail on her mate's shoulder sympathetically.
"It was my time to join StarClan," she meowed. "I've seen the way Fawnstep looks at you. You would make her so happy."
Rockshadow grimaced. How could he be with anyone else; how could he be happy after Coalear's death?
Coalear noticed. "Go. Live your life and be happy."
He would never forget the loving look in her eyes as she faded away.