Alma between two Worlds

orest floor crunched beneath her swift paws, the night breeze caressing her silver

she was going, only

a nimble leap and dropped onto the cold stone. Her breath gradually evened out as she gazed a

felt a strange nostalgia wash over her. How many times had she wandered th

w she

what lay beyond? Did humans live in a world as cruel as the Keibsters', o

ran down

hought took shape, stil

decided to l

but somewhere out there, where t

for a moment under t

soft noise behind her made her stiffen. A fu

had foll

the echo of Alma's doubts. Crouching on the rock, panting, s

called, her voice f

a fluid movement

fa

ed in a cold calm that contrasted with the anger burning in her golden eyes. He hadn't rushe

e wind lifted strands of his fur and Alma felt

said sharply. "You h

times that she no longer knew if it really belonged to

haunted her, a question she had asked

before whispering, he

as my

hesitation. Only a fraction of a second, but

her loo

know what

nderstood that this secret was far greater than anything she had imagined

y, like a wave about to

too cold. Her muscles stiffened, and she asked the question a

as my

she saw a glimmer in his eyes, something buried, repr

rmness. "You are my heir. You don't have the lu

k Alma like a b

used to answer her, as if her past should remain buried beneath a

inside her,

t-rending scream, a storm of

r did not

hoing through the forest, towering ove

into the night, imposing his resp

heir anger, and Alma felt her heart crush

nded her that s

d into the darkness, Alma knew, de

ut the truth. Wh

heavier than ever. The trees seemed to have closed in around her, like an invisib

zing eyes latched onto her figure, some full of questioning, others of judgme

urn, his gaze cold and piercing. He knew she had he

othing to the pack, as if he didn't want to draw attention to this

ad hunter approached his fa

srupted. This mus

wordlessly and c

rt, lowered her

t least, that's what

e felt that her w

derstand. She

matter of time before she