running with wolves

He heard her bones cracking and he was at first terrified that the transformation was hurting her, but as he watched he found the process was more magical than what he had originally envisioned in his mind. Her body morphed, soon replaced by the black-crested wolf he had seen only once before. Her azure eyes were the only feature that had been left unchanged.

She padded closer to him, licking his fingers as if she were a common dog.

Sam responded by stroking the side of her snout, his hands going over to touch her ears and the overside of her coat. He eyed her tail but Kiera moved away before Sam could reach out to stroke it.

By now, the sounds of various animal calls could be heard from all around their tent. He heard rustling in between the trees as he followed Kiera outside the tent. There were only a few minutes left of sunlight and he wanted to see as much as he could before he would no longer be able to see clearly.