Herbalists' Cache suffer well the aftermath

Believing herself to be safe and secure, well hidden upon the ridge with its foreign trees, it was exceedingly surprising when Seregryn heard steps — and then, out of the blue, was faced with a stranger. It was as if they had known of her hiding place, for they stopped their own hiking almost directly before her.

Initially, Seregryn could only stare; the stranger spoke, and in the time it took for the voice to reach her, she was up and placing distance between them. It took another heartbeat for the girl to realize what this might look like — she was not afraid of this outsider, only startled.

Surely this wolf was well trained indeed — Seregryn found it highly unlikely that any beast not of her own ilk would be so skilled. Words did not find purchase here, though. Seregryn simply stood askew upon the ridge, watchful and clearly disoriented.