When I opened my eyes, I was standing on the bank next to the stream again. Hearing the water rush over the rocks. The cool air brushing against my cheeks. I sat down on a large rock on the bank. After a few moments, I could feel something warm brushing against my arm. I turn my head to see the opaque orbs of the black wolf staring back at me. I didn’t feel scared. Rather, I felt more calm then I have ever felt. Like she belonged with me. She knelt down, and laid her head in my lap. I placed my hand on her head to pet her. We sat there for a while together. Just watching the water, and listening to the sounds of nature around us. “Beautiful isn’t it?” A woman’s voice broke the silence around us. I was startled out of my daze, but the wolf didn’t budge. She laid

