The mark of the gifted one

Ava's Point Of View

There was silence as I sat there, thinking about Mene's question. I could feel a great turmoil burn within me.

"Come, the temple exit is this way." she said, offering me her hand and I took it without even thinking, there was something about her presence, I couldn't explain it but it was comforting to me. With quiet determination, she began to lead me through a way out of the temple.

We moved into a room, where wolves had no doubt previously come to worship the moon goddess and make offerings for their blessings. Now it was forever silent, removed from their culture.

Mene led me further down a more secretive set of stairs until we were walking through the storage units. I spotted shelves of canned foods and preserves, but I wasn't given enough time to see exactly how extensive the food storage was. I was pulled into a rather dusty room and led through a series of cobwebs until Mene stopped to quietly lift an overhead latch.

She hurriedly climbed up the steps that w