Quaileye opened her blue eyes to find her self laying a soft nest in a den under a bush.She sat up in confusion but let our a gasp of pain from the wounds in her neck and nearly toppled down.But the brown tom caught her on his huge shoulder, a grin filling his face.

    "Easy you just got that healed,"He mewed gently, siting her up carefully, Quaileye hissed at him and tried to claw his face but the pain made her lean agents his shoulder, her thick tail swishing back and forth."You have taken me away form my clan, you will pay for this."She hissed but the tom just laughed and lay his tail on hers.

   "If you are smart you listen to me and obey me,"He started to padded to the entrance of the den looking back over his shoulder at Quaileye, who fell back into the nest with a gasp."Know now that you are the loyal mate of Thornblood, Quaileye."He mewed, then slid out of the den. Leaving Quaileye with her thoughts and a pain in her heart and neck.

    What was she going to do? If she tried to escape the clan would kill her, as the stories went. But if she stayed then she would be trapped here forever. Quaileye sighed in sadness, there was only one way to stay alive in time for her clan mates to come and get her, they would Blackcloud would want her back, he cared for her. She would have to play the part of the loyal mate of Thornblood.  Quaileye sighed and curled up laying her tail over her paws and fell asleep dreaming of home.

Later  Thornblood slid back into the den a mouse in his jaws, finding Quaileye curled up asleep a small pool blood next to her. Thornblood nudged her awake, Quaileye opened her eyes and purred when Thornblood came into sight, she tried the stand but the blood and pain made her groan. Thornblood nudged her up and leaned her on his shoulder, Quaileye licked his cheek in thanks and started eating the mouse wile Thornblood cleaned her wound. When she had finished the mouse she rested her head on his chest purring.

"Thank you."She mewed looking into his amber eyes, a scar running across one. Thornblood smiled then lead her to the den entrance and outside, the light blinding her a bit but when she stepped out she smiled at the camp. All the warriors had their own dens that were up ahead, the leader's den was at the very back of the camp with the nursery right beside it. Thornbloods den was on a lower level of rock that the sun touched warming it. Quaileye lay down letting out a sigh as her pelt touched to warm stone, Thornblood laying down with her resting his scared head on her shoulder mindful of her neck wound.