Born From The Ash
The true test of our new world came not from outside, but from within its own growth.
A young wolf from the lowlands, born after the war, came to me. Her name was Elara, named for Jax’s mate, a hope for creative spirit. But her spirit was troubled. “I can feel it all.” She whispered, her eyes wide with a sensitivity that bordered on pain. “The Heartstone, the trees, the badgers dreaming, the sadness in the stones the Sun-Masked tend… it’s all so loud. How do you… how do you not get lost in it?”
I saw myself in her, the overwhelming flood of connection, the terrifying weight of feeling everything. But I had been forged in fire and sharpened by hate before finding this harmony. She was being b