ne

f the

ften did in her dream. "No, this can't be real." She tried

and will for

ck are you t

een of our pack, you've always be

no ani

anor to him, smiled while he kept on circling her, m

ha

se i

ings. Her sense of smell was heightened, and she could feel ev

r paws and the fur around he

en they brought in the injured. "Alari

alpha turn

ha

licked the wounds, and in a matter of seconds, the wound

believ

is time, she didn't scream aloud at the hearing of her mom. She didn't want her mom making baseless

a bit, but the minute she dropped her legs on the

own to take a little dirt in between her toes. She found grass

talk to? She felt s

mom appeared

ed. "What are y

, I thought it was burglar, wanted to call the cops." She giggled. Rub

when she noticed the muck and mir

ee what was in between the toenails. "Don't tell me you've been playing in the fi

y favorite bedsheet out,

the TRI

nodd

he dropped in and told me that you wanted to

her cousin the sheets. How was she going to pull out of thi

he had been caught in a lie, and her heart thudded in her chest with each passing momen

her, trying to make her talk

cing a smile to mask her unease. "I jus

intrude. I'll leave you be." She could see her mom was hesitant to let her be as she

o say what was in her mind. But she hesitated, she wanted Ruby to come

, and even if you wish to sneak ou

ised her head to look at

Do learn to wear your slips on, if yo

t once more, and grinn

g from me, Ruby." She continued. "So

t alone. But she didn't want to tell her

her as she finally left. Ruby took in a deep breath, si

he sighed with relief, grateful to have avoided a deeper conversation. But the sudden revelation that her mom had notice

odd with me," she thought hard on it, and turned to he

o send her a message. But everything felt so real that she couldn't tell if it was a dream or not.

move. A warm bath might help clear her mind,

red a brief respite, the warm water a soothing distraction. But her mind was consumed with questions. What had ha

off. Jadey loved all things extraordinary, and admitting to something supernat

ith Susan would likely lead to her being labeled as crazy

led gasp, she emerged from the shower, still dripping wet. The persistent vibration came

to answer the call. Mabel, her cousin, was someone she trusted, but revealing her predicament seemed d