Origin: Rooted Within

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

A sharp knock on the door drew Halbay's attention to the wooden door.

"Draia! Look who's at the door, my child!" he called out to Draia, who was already on her way out of the kitchen, as her father was still busy removing a poison from his patient's arm. One other patient waited in line for Halbay's treatment.

Luck had visited him in the last few days. Earlier that day, his house was filled to the backyard with people waiting and begging for his attention. It was everything he had always wanted, but it still shocked him how much and how quickly things could change. He remembered the time he had chased someone up Alderis's mountain to convince him to stop by instead of walking up the mountain just to meet Castar.

Castar was the best healer in the tribe. Most people came in search of him, not knowing that he was special because he used magic. Halbay envied him for the rate at which he was known for doing a great job. He felt it to be odd, seeing people rush into his house for treatment,