Encaryn Moonwalker

Daughter of Reythyra Starbeam and Lugeiros Moonwalker.

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CHAPTER ONE: PASSING THE WORLD BY

Encaryn was the third daughter, and thus, nobody really cared what she did in the long run. Oh sure, she was a princess of the Wildfate and her word still carried some weight to it, but compared to her elder siblings, she was a background character. Encaryn didn't mind this, really. In fact, she preferred it. There were no lofty expectations hanging over her head. What was there to want?

Perhaps she was strange in this regard. Her older siblings often talked about the weight of duty while the younger ones talked about how they envied their elders' positions. Encaryn didn't really care about either, and thus, she really didn't fit in too much with her siblings. She found she didn't feel things too strongly in general. It was like her emotions were dulled things that were more of a haze than anything. Her siblings were much more emotionally volatile and often negative. It was strange to her, but she didn't think too hard on it. That was just how they were, and this was how she was.

When her siblings had their pups, Encaryn found she had no desire to follow in their footsteps. It wasn't as if she disliked pups, she just didn't feel the need to have them. She didn't feel the need to have a mate either. And after seeing her siblings' struggles with both conceiving and their pups' deaths, Encaryn felt she made the right decision. She didn't know how she would react in their positions. She didn't want to know, either.

"You often seem to let the world just pass you by," her mother said to her one day.

Encaryn figured she was right. She had little care for the things going on, or the things that could or would happen in the future. All she really cared about was doing a good job while hunting, because the pack relied on her as a chaser. That wasn't to say she didn't care about her family. She loved them as much as she was sure she could love.

She was just an oddball, Encaryn figured. It wasn't like it was a big deal, there were plenty of oddballs in the pack. She fit in as well as the rest of them did.