Flashback
Nomer, Starla, and Francine were splashing around in the river, trying to cool off from the July summer heat. Suddenly, there was a huge splash of water as a blur of dark fur impacted the river in front of them. As the wolf emerged, it rapidly shook off the water from its coat, raining down flecks of it upon them like hailstones.
She shut her eyes and turned away to avoid the onslaught until a deep rumbling laugh caught her attention.
"Got ya," her big, pain-in-the-butt brother bellowed in between loud laughter that made her grit her teeth in annoyance. He always had to spoil her fun. Big brothers were the worst.
"You are such an i***t," she snapped at him, baring her teeth at him as menacingly as she possibly could.
"Aww, you love me really, baby sis," he replied, then reac
