5 years later
Irina
My paws dug into the earth as I leapt over fallen branches and thickets. The smell of the forest filled my nose. Huffing behind me pushed me to run faster.
“Catch me if you can,” I linked him.
“I’ll always catch you,” came his growly reply.
“First one to the lake.”
I pushed my wolf faster, imagining my victory over the king of wolves. Undergrowth crunched and I heard heavy breaths at my ear. We burst out from the tree line to the lake, I spirited flat out. I pulled up just short of the lake and he barrelled passed me into the water. His black wolf snarling and barking at getting wet.
“Got you.” I laughed through our link.
“I beat you!” Quinn huffed.
“But I didn’t get wet!”
“Oh, but you will,” he said.
I danced away up onto a rock the kids liked to jump fro
