Veil of Shadows by Erin Hunter

Author:Erin Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Shadowsight stood at the side of the SkyClan medicine cats’ den, watching his mother, Dovewing, bending over his motionless body. “Please wake up . . . please,” she whispered, gently stroking his fur with one forepaw.

Shadowsight could hardly bear to see Dovewing’s grief and anxiety. He longed to feel his mother’s comforting touch; he wanted to wake up, if only for her sake, but he wasn’t ready to rejoin his body just yet. I’ll come back soon, Dovewing, he thought, but only after I figure out who attacked me. He knew that finding the culprit was the only way to protect himself and his Clan, and to do that, he’d have to stay a spirit a little longer.

Meanwhile his father, Tigerstar, was pacing back and forth across the den, his amber eyes smoldering and his pelt alive with anger. “I know Bramblestar is behind this!” he snarled. “He didn’t like the way Shadowsight was contradicting him, so he did his best to shut him up.”

Fidgetflake shook his head. “We have no proof that Bramblestar is behind the attack,” he pointed out.

Tigerstar whipped around to face him, fixing him with a glare. “But you know it was a cat, right?” he challenged the medicine cat.

“Yes . . . I know that much,” Fidgetflake admitted. “The size and depth of his wounds show that a cat attacked him—one who knew how to inflict serious harm.”

“Then that settles it,” Tigerstar snapped.

Dovewing looked up from her place beside Shadowsight’s body. “Things aren’t always what they seem,” she told her mate. “Remember when we suspected some other Clan of poisoning our fresh-kill pile, but it turned out to be Juniperclaw? We can’t go accusing a cat—especially a Clan leader—of something so serious, without proof.”

Tigerstar lashed his tail. “Look at the way Bramblestar has been acting!” he exclaimed. “How much more proof do you need? Besides, how are we supposed to get real proof? You were going to spy on ThunderClan when you were pretending to atone, but it turned out to be much harder than we expected.” He began his impatient pacing again. “Bramblestar, or whoever he really is,” he continued, “is so demented that I fear for the life of any cat who is caught spying.”

Dovewing nodded agreement. “I’m not sure how we can get proof,” she mewed, “but the truth always has a way of coming out.”

“Fine,” Tigerstar snorted. “But meanwhile, if Bramblestar so much as raises a paw against my kin again, he will die. I’ll take care of him myself.”

Shadowsight could understand his father’s frustration. But for once, he could do something about it. As a spirit, he could visit ThunderClan and eavesdrop, just as he was doing now, and as he had done before his body was brought back to SkyClan.

Shadowsight padded out of the medicine cats’ den and across the camp, heading in the direction of ThunderClan territory. As soon as he began to imagine what he would discover in their camp, he found himself there, balancing on a narrow ledge halfway up the side of the stone hollow.

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