Kaida POV
I ran my fingers over the damp leaves of the plants around me, sniffing them each as I searched for the best ones to gather out of the bunch, adding each carefully selected herb into the basket with the rest. I had been out here all morning long, scouring the forest floor for what I needed and it was beginning to get too late in the day for me to continue my foraging. I sat my basket down, taking a seat at the base of an enormous redwood tree, closing my eyes and breathing deeply, allowing the calming scents of the forest to sooth the rage I constantly felt bubbling under the surface. After a few minutes, my emotions began to settle back down, receding back into the little box I tried to keep them locked up in. My palms pushed into the earth, aiding me as I stood back up,
