Chapter 36

As the storms ceased, giving the small yet distinguished civilization a chance to restock their dwindling supplies before the worse of the season, Thaelia was given other opportunities. Without her wolf, she was unable to hunt, which was what Arias was doing, somewhere deep within the dense forrest, downing several animals each day to ensure their survival. She helped to skin in the evenings but that was the limited of her abilities. She was not skilled in the art of scavenging either, unable to tell the poisonous vegetation from the contact and food safe ones and she didn't want to be a risk for herself or others. No, whilst her mate was elsewhere, she stayed in his mother's herbal garden, tending to plants as she explained to her certain traditions and the pack culture. Other times, when the browning leaves had all been trimmed and nothing needed tended to, she mingled with some of the pack. While it was mostly the women who approached her, a few males had been thrown in the mix but