Summary

In Chapter 7, when Pax awoke and found Runt sleeping next to him, he tried to order Runt back to his den. Instead, Runt invited Pax to play. Pax gave Runt the toy soldier as a bribe to get him into his own den. Runt took it. Exploring outside the old den in which he had taken shelter, Pax saw the dominant male fox that Bristle had warned him about. Pax followed his own scent back to the road. He was hungry and thirsty. The older male fox walked up to him and sat down. He told Pax that he had lived with humans at one time as well. He showed Pax where to find water. Gray told Pax that Peter would not be able to get to him because the road was closed because the humans were coming, bringing war with them. Pax...