Chapter 64

She was greeted not by one of the elders as she had expected, but a young seer named Selo, who had just recently finished her own apprenticeship.

Netya had glimpsed the inner part of the cave many times as she walked past, but only the small circular chamber at the entrance was ever visible. It was where the seers would often sit when they were grinding herbs, sewing leather, or going about their other practical daily tasks.

There was usually someone there to attend to the needs of the pack members who stopped by, but on the far side of that first chamber a thick curtain of darkly stained hides hung from a wooden frame, concealing the inner cave from view.

In that private sanctum the seers performed all of their rituals, communing with the spirits and seeking out the wisdom that came from a place beyond the physical world. It was also where they stored all of their most potent herbs and medicines, the ones that were powerful or dangerous when administered incorrect