(Ash)
I look to Rose and smile. “Are you ready?” I ask her. She looks around and then nods at me. “Well I’m going to go over here and shift and then I will come back to you. I wont be able to communicate with you, unless you create a mind-link between us.” I tell her, she nods and I turn around to go shift.
It takes me just a few minutes to shift into Aspen. Once fully shifted I walk back up to Rose and nudge her, she smiles at me and rubs my head. I watch as the others around us go off and shift. Soon everyone is ready for the run, I can feel the excitement in the air.
I lay down next to Rose, she smiles and climbs onto my back. She rubs her hands through my fur. I stand up and I feel her tighten her grip in me, Aspen lets out a wolfy chuckle. “Jerk,” I hear Rose mutter under her br
