Stone Circle i would rather be heart, not chest

Seal walked slowly through the snow and watched a bright red cardinal fly overhead. It perched on a branch and began to sing… until it suddenly flew away.

I’m not alone, the young woman thought. Seal turned her head just as she heard the chuff of another wolf. Watching her was a vigilant dark figure, silent and ominous.

“Ah, hello!” Seal tittered nervously. Perhaps she had been naive and strayed too close… maybe pack of the West weren’t like the villages she knew back East…

The sudden urge to over-explain came tumbling out of her mouth. "Myname'sSeal," she said in one breath. “I’ve never traveled this way,” she explained, “I didnae ken packs settled so far from the coast. ”