CHAPTER 28

On eventually reaching the river she found a bolder to perch herself on and took a deep, cleansing, calming breath. Again and again she filled her lungs with the fresh crispy forest air, letting it relax her. The familiar smells of wet earth and pine made her wolf ease a little within her. It was amazing how a place could relax you even as a barrage of sad memories hit you,mused Danica. A familiar guttural ‘tock" sound snagged her attention and made her look to the tree beside her. "Hey CJ," she said around the frog in her throat. Why the bird followed her around sometimes she had no idea, but that had been another thing that she and Zan used to marvel at together – the way birds were so at ease with her, almost attracted to her. Hey Zan. I know that I shouldn"t always come to you whenever I need to talk to someone, that I should actually try confiding in people who are alive…but they"d be able to tell me to shut up. And in truth,