[werebeargoddess]

Jena stared after the liger with mixed feelings. On the one hand, she was happy to have escaped with her life, for she knew how dangerous ligers could be. On another hand, she was furious that the liger had killed Terion, the bear who had been watching the liger, and she almost wished that she had killed the liger. On yet another hand, she wished the liger had stayed, for she had seen human intelligence in his eyes... She sat down, hard. Things could be so confusing, sometimes. She had been in the area, tracking a strange aura that she had felt, when Terion and his mate had asked for her help. Naturally, since she was a werebear, she had stopped tracking the aura to see what was wrong. As she soon found out, the liger was the source of their problems. The animals had a strict code n this area of the forest, and the liger had disrupted it. Terion, who knew that she was both a ranger and a werebear, had sent for her, knowing that she would be able to do something about it. Jena sighed, and scooted up next to the nearest tree, leaning on it. She had been a werebear her whole life. She was descended from a ling line of true werebears, so it had hardly come as a surprise to her parents when they found out. Jena closed her eyes, trying not to cry the tears that always came when she thought of her parents. She had been separated from her father because she was a werebear, and her mother had been killed by werewolves. Ever since her mother's death, she had lived off the land, on her own. Well, not exactly on her own. She was more often than not in the company of animals, usually bears. She liked being with animals, except ligers. To be frank, ligers and bears did not get along. Which was why she had been suprised when the liger had not killed her outright. This is all getting to me, thought Jena. I have got to get among civilization again. After a while, she got up, and buried Terion. His mate would already know of his death, and would move on. Which was what ahe needed to be doing.
Now that the liger threat was over, she could continue her previous quest: following the aura. A fortnight ago, she had sensed a strange aura, and had been following it ever since. If she was correct, then the aura was close to one of the nearby towns. She didn't want to go among people, but if she wanted to find the source of the aura, then she would. Resolutely, she started to walk in the direction of the aura.