Only Time Could Tell (Even If We Are Different)

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“Ready, set, go!!!” An excited voice called from within the jungle. It was the sound of a little girl. Excited chattering also followed the little girl's command.

The shuffling of little feet was heard as the children all struggled to see who would take the lead. A loud cheer arose from their ranks as two wolves got to the end of the line and turned around running back.

The sound of pounding was heard as both wolves ran back. The leading wolf was a black wolf with black eyes. It was leading the other wolf, which was a gray one with green eyes.

The black wolf got back to the starting point, leading the other wolf with a fraction of a second. The children all cheered as both wolves breathed heavily and tried to get their breathing.

When they had gotten a hold of their breaths, the gray wolf bent down and grabbed one of the hind paws of the black wolf. The black wolf howled in a low tone in delight.

This led them playfully grabbing each other's paws. They were at this for up to five minutes while the surrounding children them laughed, clapped and danced with delight.

The black wolf had probably had enough and made towards the trees followed closely by the other wolf. A few minutes later, two young ladies emerged from the tree line where the wolves had disappeared to.

The children saw them coming, and they all ran towards them but most of them went towards one of the ladies.

She was a young woman in her early twenties with blonde hair and an average body build. She was also of average height and had a flower petal stuck in her hair.

She was wearing jeans trousers and a lilac light chiffon blouse that was gathered around her shoulders with an elastic and also at the waist region.

It had short flowy hands and her feet were enclosed in a pair of sneakers that were suitable for running. Her name is Louisa Jackson and the other lady beside her is Cheryl McKenney, who was Louisa's best friend.

Louisa is the daughter of the Alpha of the Blood Moon pack, which is located in moon county, Georgia. Her elder brother is Jordan, and he's training to become the next Alpha of the pack after their father.

Louisa is currently working in the pediatric section of their pack's hospital. Since wolf pups can't shift yet, they were most likely to experience pain more than adults, whose wolves help them heal whenever they have injuries.

So, Louisa dedicated her time to study well, and after she was done with her studies, she began working at the Pack's hospital much to her family's delight and her satisfaction.

Whenever she isn't at the hospital working, she's out in the jungle surrounding the pack lands running with little children, or with friends. At times, she was also alone, although her brother always did a lot to prevent her being alone.

They had often heard of rogues' attacks on weaker packs. Although their pack wasn't that big, they also were not strong nor too weak either.

Their warriors trained daily and could take on any wolf as long as it wasn't too big for them to handle. They could also stand their own in any battle as long as four hours.

Today, she was in the jungle together with a group of children and her friend. The children usually followed them whenever they saw them heading out to the jungle.

In the jungle, they typically kept the children entertained by shifting into their wolves and running. The children typically found their waves more approximate than them.

She also typically assured the children that one day, they'd also be able to shift and run around in their wolf forms, just like them. She looked to the group of children surrounding her and saw that the sun was setting.

She gazed behind her friend who was looking down at the surrounding children. She seemed unbothered by the fact that none of the children were around herself.

She was a pack warrior and so, her steely gaze and expression was what probably made the children shy away from her. They only approached her whenever she was in her wolf form.

“Let's head back while we can still find our way back.” They all heard Louisa say and all the children scattered in all directions as they went to claim whatever item they had brought to the jungle.

For most of them, it was water bottles and snacks. A few of the older ones also came with either headsets or compacts. All in all, they all spread over the clearing, claiming their things.

Louisa used the temporal lull around her to look at her friend's profile. She looked too serious, and her gaze appeared distant.

“Earth to you. A penny for your thoughts.” Louisa spoke out loudly beside her, making Cheryl jump.