Chapter 11 Summary

Kira arrives at Annabella's hut very early one morning, out of breath and scared. She is certain that a beast was stalking her as she walked through the woods. She could hear it growling at her just off the path and out of sight. Annabella can see that something is wrong and asks Kira about it, but when Kira speaks of beasts stalking her, Annabella dismisses the idea. She takes Kira inside for some tea to help calm her down.

Annabella continues to teach Kira the names and uses of the various plants that she grows, but Kira repeatedly insists that she has heard the beasts in the woods. Finally, Annabella tells Kira that there are no beasts, and if Kira heard something in the woods, then it was a human pretending to be a beast to keep her afraid of the woods...