Even though I am not in control of my body, or in this case my wolf, I feel…free. Pearl runs so elegantly through the forest and I feel like a passenger; she runs so quickly that I can’t even see much of our surroundings. It’s nighttime but through Pearl’s eyes, I can see the tress zipping by even though we are deep in the forest with no light except the moonlight shining through the crack of the forest. Pearl keeps running even though both of us cannot hear the sound of paws behind us. ‘Pearl, maybe you should slow down…’ ‘Oh Nat, you have much to learn still. Just because you cannot hear him, doesn’t mean he isn’t there. Besides, we will always be able to find each other, the mate bond is strong.’ I feel Pearl pull us to a stop and our snout turns upwards; we hear a howl in the distan

