Prologue (POV: Sorrelburr) Pain rushed through Sorrelburr's bones and through her body. Flowerfall was beside her, white paw pressed against Sorrelburr's swollen belly. "You have three kits, I think," she mewed. "The first one's coming." The pain intensified sharply. Sorrelburr gritted her teeth to stop her from yowling. Out of the corner of her eye, a kit slipped out, still in its kitting sac. Flowerfall licked the small bundle until the kitting sac popped. The gray-and-white kit mewled. "It's a tom," Flowerfall mewed quietly. "Be careful!" Mottlepaw's mentor, Pebblefrost, meowed. "Hey, wake up!"