The bright morning light poured in through the heights of the trees with a strange luminescence upon the clearing headed by the pack, waiting and thrumming with adrenaline and determination. As the wolves of darkness stepped into the bright light and shadows of the trees, a thick anticipation formulated in the air. Blair felt a burden of acceptance laying on her soul: this was the moment that they had waited for, the moment of their training with the highest stakes ever.
"Stay close together!" she ordered, her voice firmly calm, yet fierce. "We fight as one, and we protect one another!"
The dark wolves were moving in one powerful mass, glaring at the pack with malicious eyes. A huge figure advanced with night-dark fur; it was the leader with a smile wrought from predatory intent. "Fooli
