The Heartwood Tréximo

in the end, chickadee did leave brecheliant.
she told herself that she would be back, that she was just going to look for ani a little, maybe experience a bit of the adventure that her sister dwin had been able to find out on her own journey.
there was a sore place in her spirit.
had she been here before? the saddened girl pulled into the shadows of the forest and paused, leaning her shoulder against a tree as she sought her bearings.
hunger clawed at her belly.