EPILOGUE

            Shadecloud walked unsteadily out of the medicine cat den behind Lionblaze and Bramblestar. Floodface and Poppyfrost were dragging Seedfur’s lifeless body out of camp.

            “Maybe we can have some peace for once,” Lionblaze meowed.

            Shadecloud replied, “Thorn is still out there.”

            “Maybe he won’t attack us, “Lionblaze meowed unconvincingly.

            “No,” Shadecloud said darkly. “Thorn will do whatever it takes to kill us all.”

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            From the uppermost branches of the Sky Oak, a gray cat stared down into the ThunderClan camp as they dragged Seedfur’s body away. Thorn’s icy blue eyes gazed at Shadecloud in particular, burning with hatred. They were full of evil intentions and the desire for revenge. Seedfur wouldn’t die pointlessly. Thorn would avenge his death.

            “She may have killed Seedfur,” he meowed frostily. “But the battle is far from over. I will return soon and they will all pay.”

            The young cat made his way gracefully down the Sky Oak, leaping from branch to branch until he was near enough to jump to the ground. He hit the ground with a faint thud and Thorn padded away into the morning shadows.