Samantha rolled over in her bed.  She had one ear open to what they were saying.  She had been slipping in and out of consciousness.  She wanted to say that she was just in heat, but her brain was sluggish.  It made the rest of her sluggish.  Hot tears ran down her face.  The Elders had warned her that it would be hard, and now she was certain that they had sent her here to die.