RHETT
The moon hung high in the night sky as I slipped away from our den, leaving Nora, my mate, behind. A heaviness weighed upon my heart, a confusion that had been growing ever since Nora’s return. It wasn’t that I didn’t love her; I did, with every fiber of my being. But there was something else, an inexplicable emotion gnawing at me, directed towards my wife, Kai, whom I had been forced to marry.
The forest embraced me as I padded silently through the underbrush, the cool night air soothing my troubled mind. I knew where I needed to go, where I might find the answers I sought—the seer’s humble abode nestled deep within the heart of our territory.
As I approached the seer’s dwelling, a small cottage with smoke curling from its chimney, a sense of anticipation mingled with my confusio
