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Emalise arched her back as she moved towards her prey, Her nails dug into the grass burying her fingers into the damp dirt, She could feel the moon's beam warm her skin. It was a pleasant feeling against the frosty air. It was beginning she could feel it. Her breathe hitched leaving a frosty smoke in the air. First, the burn began where her skin turned from snow white growing patches of thick auburn fur until her whole skin was covered in three inches of fur warming her from the outside in. Her bones began breaking and reforming themselves, Her delicate hands and feet grew into large hefty paws. Soon her five foot five slender figure disappeared and she loomed at an astounding nine foot in her wolf form. And so the hunt began, Her prey ran flicking dew drops into the air, The smell of wet grass filled the air. She chased her eyes locked onto the small shadowy figure. As she panted her heart rang in her ears, the adrenaline kicked in and it was thrilling. She pounced. Pinning the belly of the small pup under her paws.
" No fair Ema " cried the pup in dismay.
Emalise looked down at the pup his snow-white fur had been dirtied by the damp grass and mud, His heartbeat so quick she thought it would explode she could feel it through her paw
"How'd I do Ema ?" asked the pup curiously as emalise removed her paw allowing the pup to roll back onto his paws
"You are improving Pip! I'm proud of you" Emalise replied. His speed has improved it took her thirty seconds to catch instead of five like last week.
"come on it's time to go back to the packhouse Your parents will be waiting don't forget it's hunting practice tomorrow with the other pups" Emalise insisted as she looked up at the moon nestled in the cusp of the leaves and smiled she loved the beauty of a full moon.
Emalise let pip lead the way through the forests towards the lights of the ancient victorian looking manor. The manor was built in the sixteenth century as a sanctuary for species like the wolves but an alliance was created between the serpent shifters, the centaurs and the werecats. They'd agreed to build safe places away from the humans so that they could live in peace raising their children, This manor was built by the wolf royalty and has since been passed down to the western pack.
Pip reached the mighty oak door and began to shift back into his human form, He is a short kid in human form with scruffy brown hair with blue eyes. Emalise ran behind the porch and changed into her soft grey top and leggings which she'd neatly folded before going into the forest to shift. She stepped out and found pip by the doorway waiting for her. He shivered in the cold air.
"Come on little one let's go find your mother," Emalise said ushering pip inside.
Pip nodded walking into the great hall. Emalise spotted angela and Kaden sat by the fireplace which roared orange flames, They were the perfect couple. Angela married Kaden because she fell in love with him. Looking at them you could tell they were mate bonded most wolves disliked their relationship as they met when angela was twenty and was a beta female, she's smart, kind and beautiful. They'd met when Kaden was a rogue, Born in the forest with no pack to call home and he'd met angela in the forest and there he met her there was an instant spark. She saved his life. Giving him a family and a pack. Angela saw pip as she put her book down as he ran into her arms
"Mama!" cried pip "Guess what, It took thirty seconds for Ema to catch me" beamed pip smiling from ear to ear at his mother.