SILAS

My heavy breathing fans over the soft white fur.

I have to constantly remind myself that it's her first time, that I need to control myself. I straighten up and shift again.

Clumsy and a bit slower than her, but steady. I guide her where I want her to go.

A massive black wolf leaving a trail of dark mist and a beautiful golden-haired she-wolf running under the moon.

I reached the edge of the lake and leaped over its calm waters.

Beneath my paws, the surface hardened instantly, allowing me to move forward.

Sigrid followed me, golden flashes marking the path she traveled.

We touched and nuzzled each other, always by her side, always with my Selenia.

I crossed through the dark mist, the barrier into the Realm of the Elementals, which opened to let her pass. She would always have access to this territory.

She followed, without question, over the hills, through the mountains, skirting the cities the elementals had built over so many years.

But inside this prison, there was something