abstract | - Smokepaw heard a crack, and looked down just as the rock he was standing on lurched down at an angle. He wailed in surprise as he was pitched toward the empty gorge. He clung to the crumbling rock, his jaws drawn in a silent wail. A flash of ginger caught his eye; Russetfur was lunging to grab him. Her extra weight would only send the rock down quicker. "Russetfur, no!" He howled, trying to claw his way farther up the stone. It was no use. It only cracked and shattered more, and he saw the deputy's amber eyes flash with surprise as the rock shifted under her weight. She leaped off just as the rock disconnected itself from the cliff. Smokepaw fell with it. He yowled all the way down, feeling the wind bite through his thick gray fur. Then, the rock slammed into a ledge, with Smokepaw was caught between the boulder and the ledge. He saw shapes moving on the cliff where he had been a moment ago, which faded away just as his vision blurred, then blackened completeley.
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