Moonspear Next time, I'll be braver

@Charon

The time since returning to the mountain had been torture for the healer. She hated lying to everyone, and she hated what she had done; she had never felt more guilty about anything in her entire life. A self-loathing had moved in and settled in her heart, spreading it's poisonous vines through her body with every heartbeat. Speedy had tried to soothe her inner turmoil by gathering herbs, but she hadnt even been able to find peace or joy in what used to be her most favorite activity. 

So, when she woke up three days ago, nauseous to the point of vomiting and again the two mornings after that, she knew what she had to do. She was stupid to think she wouldn't get pregnant; she had held onto the hope that nothing would come of her time with Charon and everything could just go back to normal, but her symptoms had crushed that naive hope, and now she had to fix things for good.

She moved along the borders, searching for Charon's scent; she needed to tell him, and then she would leave. She knew there was a possibility that he would be angry, but there was no changing her mind. If she left, then things could finally return to some semblance of normal for them, and she wouldn't be hanging around complicating everything.