Sunbeam Lair tree of life (joining)

She couldn`t go any further. She knew that. She hadn`t eaten in nearly a moon, and she was moving slower. I couldn`t go back if I wanted to.

Eve knew she had gone far - the Packscent of the Monteith Pack hadn`t carried over the salty water. She missed its comforting whiff of mossy stone, somehow.

But the Pack`s prophet had spoken, and despite her (and her only littermate Adam`s) disdain for religion, she had to go. Build a new life as the Healer she had been, elsewhere.

Thr journey had been long, and she had skirted some of the Packs after smelling a disagreeable scent on the island in the salty waters. After reaching the mainland, Eve had decided to head upriver and over the mountain range.

But now...um...now...

A prodigy. Sorting herbs by six moons old, healing the Alphas by nine. Her weakness was her strength - she healed all...

Eve shook her head to awake from the proud memory. She was distracted. Alas, she was weak and black spots appeared in the corners of her vision - she sank to the floor.

She thought she smelled that same mossy rock, the herbs she`d used in another life, a million years ago.

She saw a cave, a chamber, scooped out of the closest mountain. A Packscent similar to her own was emanating from the gap, and Eve made her decision.

She howled a lonely howl. "Howweeeeello?"

Would they hurt her? Leave her? Help her?