Lady Moonlight
ght. Chords of moonlight gleamed across the sea of trees. It was that time
n, half wolf-to face a Full Moon, as it was the exact time when they would turn into their wolf counterpart. Now, hundre
ng a peace offering for the Moon Goddess-which we believed to be the reason why we found each other here, wh
er' by other werewolves, who had tasted how it felt like to meet their other half at the age of eight. I remembered crying to my sleep becau
ven slower one. They compared me to my own brother, who was already
athan only took seven. He was exactly seven years old when he first transformed into a full wolf a
e still learning to shift according to their desire. Some still needed Full Moon to do th
one of the Shadow Striders Elders
me who was sitting by the fire. One of them had turned in
rn?" The tallest boy-even taller than N
girl in the group-defended me. It wasn't the first time she tried to do this, but the other boys woul
adopt her or something?" Drake Calloway still picked on me
don't we all go to the spring? I heard the Mo
with curly hair, chuckled. He patted the wolf next to him. "I
d, and kind, but he always followed his cousin, Drake, along. One minute he wou
ne said excitedly. "The Moon Goddes
ll, it is better than being here.
to leave. I stood up, b
come alon
hy
y for wer
didn't stand up for me, he just double
sister created a big hole in my heart. He wasn't exactly Brother of the Yea
nt anyone in that gathering saw me crying. They would pretend t
girl-she really can't
athan's sister! Robert's
that she can't transform until
rd it directly, but I could see it in their eyes whenever I m
of where I just came from. I slowed my feet, but a sudde
e, there was some strange patches of hair along my arms. Just like my braided blonde hair, they all t
my mouth was getting bigger-no, it wa
water in front of me, so was my face. A h
. A split second later, something was pulling my feet, but th
felt bones crackled, lengthened, popped
he night, but instead of my voice
ever, and my parents wer
into a furry, four-legged animal certainly wasn't a fifth-grade elementary student would le
howl. I just hoped they heard and came looking for me. Wer
ing to find at least one of my family members. Instead, I c
rrow was stuck on the ground near my leg. I couldn't run away as the pain seemed
ans. Some humans liked to hunt supernatural creatures. Whoever shot the arrow had
but the blood came out as if I was shot through. I moved slower and slower, and in the end, I couldn't
n-got closer. With that height, I thought it wa
!" The boy al
uggled, almost clawed him in the process. He swiftly
ot gonna hurt you. I will help yo
hrough my fur to calm me down. It was indeed soothing. I stopped movi
want to take you to the vet, but
tiful green eyes were staring sincerely at me. His smile bloomed once again, followed by his sof
g even though there was no wind that t
ou!" Carefully, he stood up and
d never seen him before. He obviously wasn't part of the trib
n, a human that was not lik
reat a wolf right-unlike
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