JayxBriar Nightmare That Cloaks All Reason

Alderheart glanced over his shoulder. Ever since Blossomfall's kitting, he'd been jumpy... well, ever since Blossomfall's kitting... and... his thoughts returned to Needles, the beautiful tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat that had obsessed him for the past two moons. He shook his head, attempting to dispel the thought. He had decided he was done with her. It was wrong. Just like his relationship with Needletail had been wrong. As had his one with Velvet. But Needles seemed different to both of them... her fur was long and silky, and her scent was intoxicating... like roses and catmint... He blinked, clearing his head. He had to end it. It was getting too far. He couldn't be mates with her any longer. He passed the scent markers apprehensively. He wasn't certain what he would find in Twolegplace. The last time he had met with her, she had been heavily pregnant. With his kits. She had definitely kitted by now. The kits would be around the same age as Blossomfall's... He entered Twolegplace, and followed the path he usually took, taking his time. He didn't really want to get there quickly. Needles would be waiting with their kits. No, her kits. He didn't want anything to do with them. It was cruel but necessary.

Alderheart reached the fence that bordered the main Twolegplace from Needle's home, and hesitated. He could always simply turn back, and never look back. Never meet the kits and be forced to part with them. Never feel the pain of telling Needles he had to leave her. Making up his mind, he leaped onto the fence, then down into Needle's garden.

He knew the moment he crossed the threshold that something was wrong. He couldn't smell Needles. And this was her home. Right on cue, a silver tabby she-cat arrived on the scene.

"What are you doing here?!" she spat. Alderheart glanced at her, disappointed.

"Doesn't Needles live here?"

She shook her head, surprised. "Needles was ran over by a monster two moons ago." And Alderheart was running. He would never again have a forbidden relationship. It had caused him enough pain too many times.