A fire rages in the forest.
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Pant, pant...
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"Wait, Tigersun! I can't.... keep up.. anymore!" She struggled to shout ahead of her, feeling her lungs starting to fail her. It aches... it's burning me alive! She thought with despair, coughing out the little air that remained in her body to expel gray ashes. I'll suffocate!
The tom had suddenly halted, an alarmed expression filled his tired eyes. Now Lynxshade noticed how much of his Tigersun's pelt had been scorched by the flames. The she-cat couldn't have known, but his brother's body had shielded hers from the hot air by letting her behind.
"Lynxshade, we can't stop! They are closing us in!"