The vixen felt her fur stand up as she bristled in the burrow before she lowered her fur to stay calm but there was a flicker of sadness in her eyes before it left. She sighed but turned around and poked her head outside the burrow.

"My sister would have said the same and maybe my former mate. I can help your mate Candy in the forest and once everything is done I'll leave. You can even wash the smell of a lone fox in the water but my farm is outside the forest. Which is worse being in a den in the forest or being outside the territory? Would you rather I treat his tail in the rain?", asked Nightshade keeping her voice even.

The brown and white vixen really meant no harm but she wasn't willing to get her herbs wet. She popped back into the den and carefully scratched a third name on a den wall.

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Candy sighed softly as he looked down at the den and said "it's alright, it's raining so that should help wash all our scents away and we can both take a bath in the stream after to make double sure nobody will smell anything. I'm sure it'll be much easier to tend to us without the rain in her eyes.... Besides we're still in forest territory and miss nightshade here is a trader, we're perfectly within the rules to be here." He gave his mate a reassuring nudge before taking a few steps away to shake the water from his pelt and quickly made his way into the den. He didn't say anything about how the others would feel about nightshade having a den on the territory but she had said it was temporary so he would trust that she was telling the truth.

Firestorm | M | Red Fox | Forest Skulk | M: Arrow

A drop of water fell on Firestorm's ear. "Ack!" He spluttered. Steady drops of water fell from the clouds above. His white tail-tip twitched in irritation; he hated getting wet. He shook the water off but was soon soaked again, as it just kept coming down heavier. He began to walk back to the dens. "Let's get out of the rain," he told Arrow, flicking his tail for her to follow.

"Alright. I guess you guys are right." She follows Nightshade into the den after shaking. The soil scent smells fresh. Like worms and work. Still not relaxing, Nori sits in a far corner. This feels wrong. Going in another fox's den. But Candy is in here. I have to protect him.