Shira had fallen asleep, though her senses had not. She began to smell something growing near and opened her eyes to look around. She looked out into the forest, nothing. Then she heard one thing below, where the rabbit had been. She glanced downward and had to contain a bark of alarm. A wolf was stalking something below her. She tried to edge back slowly and soundlessly, but accidentally knocked a few rocks off the ledge, her frail frame slunk behind a boulder nearby, if she tried for the cave she would surely be seen. She scolded herself inwardly. “ how could I have been so careless, I’m going to be eaten by a wolf after all this..”