A New Beginning?

*Ayana*

When she reached the lake she stopped for a minute to rest. Her legs we aching and her breath trembled. The sharp pain she felt somewhere around her paws forced her to lay down and lick away the blood that was slowly dripping onto the ground. Although physically she felt like she could sleep for the rest of the year, her mind was on alert.
It must have been a few days since she last ate something but she was too afraid to hunt right now. The rotten squirrel she ate was still making her feel sick. "Get yourself together. It's nothing. You're fine, a little exhausted but fine", she said to herself.

The sun was burning down on her, although it wasn't summer yet she felt like jumping into the cold lake to save herself from the sun which exhausted her even more. After a few minutes - or has it been hours? - she decided to get up and slowly walked up to the water to drink. The cold wet felt just right inside her hot body and she stepped a few meters into the water until her sore paws were completely soaked. The pain was still there, however the cold of the water helped.

Suddenly the wind turned and she was terrified. "No, that can't be. Not here!" She tried to convince herself that the next pack should still be hundreds of kilometers away. But the scent she smelled with her sensitive nose was definitely the smell of wolves. She couldn't stop panicking and started running away, however the scent got stronger with every meter she ran. "Calm down. You wanted to join another pack sooner r later anyway. Everyone knows you could never survive on your own. You're too scared to hunt a bloody deer!" Thinking about her fear of hunting, she got angry about everyone that made her be afraid. She wouldn't accept fear anymore, that's what she told herself. No fear, no feelings.

When the wolf scent was so intense she couldn't ignore it anymore, she stopped. With wide eyes she looked around. "Did I hear someone? Must have been the wind ...", she thought.

@Burke @Meldresi