I waited inside Ivy as girl after girl ran into the forest. Sunflower was going to be next. She turned to stare at me and dipped her head wishing me luck before she too raced off into the darkness. She like me would easily be spotted in the twilight hours. To further handicap us our wolves had quite bright coats. All around us the males howled in appreciation. Their excitement was palatable I could feel it in the air.
Obsidian was laughing as he stood behind us. He would shift soon and Granite would make his appearance known. It sent a shiver through me. Ivy was calm, I hated her for this. Why couldn’t she break out of his brainwashing of hers? Even trying her best as she had in the race would be an upgrade from this slow torture. Obsidian was stroking her head now like she was some dome
