Thank you both! I plan on trying to find out if this incident will cause problems with Herla's antlers next year or not - I will have fun designing those.

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Tremendous job! Very exciting and dramatic chapter here! Very descriptive and narrative, it painted a beautiful, though terrifying, picture of what was happening. Wonderful writing style, Feather! And I have a great deal of sympathy for the does and fawns in this chapter, and for Herla as well. Very nice chapter! Worth the wait

Aaaaahhhh please edit that! It's a pretty big part of the story, at least symbolically, and should be considered a spoiler!

I wrote all except the first two segments this morning, actually. And indeed; poor Herla! But poor Rosehip. As you can see, I am not a big "Glorious war!" type person at all.

Oh my, that was breathtaking. After reading this, I sat there for at least three minutes, staring blankly at the screen. This was so awesome, dramatic, and well-written. Poor Herla. *wanting badly to hug him*

very dramatic

Sorry this chapter took so long!! This is the meeting point of all the tension I've been setting up... FINALLY!