Aura shivered as her eyes fluttered open. She could see daylight coming into focus, feeling a cold wet numbness all over her body. Her body ached with each small movement she made. Once her vision cleared, she saw herself still in the small stream, surrounded by a smokey fog and black, charred trees. Ash covered the once lush forest floor. Her memories of the night rushed back to her as silent tears streamed down her furry face. How had she, no. How had anyone in this forest survived that fire's destruction?
Aura wasn't sure her body would allow her to stand, but she couldn't in this cold stream much longer. Her body temperature was already dangerously low. She forced her battered, freezing legs to stand and walk downstream towards the Village of Lilies. She knew Jalen had gotten the shif
