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1 " had had "
― Erin Hunter , Hollyleaf's Story (Warriors Novellas, #1)
2 " Street "
3 " The silence was deafening, pressing more heavily on Hollyleaf’s ears than the stones that pinned her to the cold floor. "
4 " I’ve been buried alive! "
5 " I will never forget you, Hollyleaf. "
6 " Fallen Leaves nodded. “Go well,” he murmured. “I will never forget you, Hollyleaf. "
7 " I’m sorry,” she began. “I will never forget how you saved my life and gave me somewhere to stay when I thought I had lost everything. You have been a true friend, and I will always be grateful for that. But I don’t belong here.” “I know,” Fallen Leaves meowed. “I always hoped you would stay. I... I never had someone to share my home before. But your Clan needs you more than I do. You must realize that by "
8 " Hollyleaf sprang on him, twisted his head to one side, sank her teeth into his fur and skin, telling herself over and over: This is the only way! Ashfur dropped to his belly and Hollyleaf jumped back as he rolled into the stream. She washed the blood from her paws, letting the cold water chill her legs, her flanks, all the way to her heart. "
9 " You can’t punish them for loving you too much, Hollyleaf. "
10 " Because I’m a ThunderClan cat like you,” she meowed, raising her voice over the pounding of her heart. “My name is Hollyleaf. "
11 " She could begin a new life, away from all these lies and broken promises. "
12 " fourth cat?” “The fourth must be found soon,” fretted Broken "
13 " Squirrelflight and Leafpool had loved her. "
14 " kits... "
15 " I added more feathers,” Fallen Leaves admitted shyly. “In case you came back.” Then he climbed delicately alongside her, and curled his cold body around hers while she drifted back to sleep. "
16 " Hollyleaf was Clanless, codeless. She could be a rogue, even a kittypet. There was no way Hollyleaf could let Ashfur tell the four Clans about Squirrelflight’s confession. She and her littermates would be driven out! Everything they had done up till now, all their loyalty to the warrior code, would count for nothing. "
17 " It flapped madly until Fallen Leaves killed it with a single strike. "
18 " I am your mother, Hollyleaf,” Leafpool had whispered. Hollyleaf shook her head. That was impossible. How could she be the daughter of a medicine cat, when medicine cats were forbidden to have kits? Worse than being a rogue or a kittypet, her own birth had broken the code of the Clans. "
19 " How can the Clans survive when there are cowards and liars at the very heart of them? "
20 " There was such pain in his eyes that Hollyleaf felt a rush of sympathy. “I have nowhere else to go,” she mewed softly. “You’ve been a good friend to me, Fallen Leaves. Why would I want to leave you now? "