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Chapter 1 - The Faithful Night
Being a member of a police force had its perks, and "Protect and Serve" meant more than a police vow. The thing was that Gail was taught to act and think like a cop since she was born. So it did not really mattered that she was a teenager, when she felt something was off, she needed to investigate. And this night something felt weird a lot. Well, more than usual. Full moon always increased her instincts but today she felt a distress more than any other moon night.
So instead of curling into a fur ball hiding in her favourite spot in High Park, she was running. Her paws making almost no sounds when they were carrying her to who-knew-where. And then she heard a human child's evil laugh and a whining of a cub. She hid behind a bush observing the scene in front of her. What she saw made the hair on her back stand up and she was growling. There was a little boy teasing a small brown cub with terrified turquois eyes, poking it with a wooden branch. The canine was trapped in a trash bin trying to get out but the human used the stick and threw it back.
She crouched and her growling sounded doubled. Suddenly she felt the presence of another wolf. Looking at her right she noticed a very angry female hypnotizing the boy. Her dark chestnut coloured fur glistened in the dim light of a street lamp like a chocolate fountain. Her amber eyes shone like two stones, full of anger. There was something magnificent about this creature and Gail was not sure if it was the look or the feeling of determination and protection which radiated from her body.
Suddenly the dark wolf snarled and set off, started running towards the boy. Getting out of her own trance, the fair furred canine ran after her. If a wolf attacked a human being, it was a death sentence, no matter the reason. And there was no way on earth Gail would let anything happen to either of them. She sped up to her maximum speed trying to catch the upset fellow creature.
The human noticed as two big wolves were running towards him. One was so dark that almost merged with the dark of the night if it was not for shining yellowish eyes. The other one had golden coloured hair and ice-like eyes, so light blue that almost looked white. The kid let go of teasing the cub and started shrieking and crying. Just when the dark wolf jumped to attack, Gail managed to make her own leap towards the other canine pushing her out of the trajectory straight into the plastic bins. There was a loud noise of rattle as the waste containers were falling down to the ground. The two wolves gathered on their feet opposite to each other.
Gail had to wonder if she hit a wall or if she was thrown away with something like a lightning bolt. In awe she looked at the other female who was standing in a protective position as the cub was rolling out of the bin it had been trapped in. Gail stood mostly in shock of what had just hit her. From a distance she heard fast steps and cry of the child as it was running away. Although her look stayed fixed on the dark coloured creature in front of her. She was not snarling anymore, alas her eyes were as confused as the icy blue ones.
The brown cub nuzzled her side which made the eye contact break as the dark wolf turned to its offspring and nuzzled it back to make sure it was alright. She gave one last look to the fair wolf and retreated with the cub hot in her heals.
Gail sat down, watching them disappeared in the darkness of the trees by the lake. Where did the lighting bold came from? She looked up, but the sky was clear without a single cloud.
What bothered her more was that her duty was to report the incident with a human to the Elders. Which practically meant her grandparents. Not only were the Pecks a police royalty but also royal wolves. They kept the city safe from both human and supernatural delinquents.
She was so lost in thoughts that it was the first rays of sun which woke her up from her trance. She quickly looked around and hurried home before any people would notice a wolf browsing the city.
Once she got home, she stretched her body and returned to her human form. She knocked on her brother's room and entered.
"Gail, what happened?" he asked seeing his distressed sibling and wrapped his arms around her.
"Can we not talk about it?" she sat down, accepting the touch, snuggling closer.
Physical contact was essential for wolf people, even though her mother considered it as a sign of weakness unless it was with the mate. Gail found it very unfair. They were family, yet she was barely hugged by her parents but the pair was always in contact from light touches to holding hands or any other ways to keep their connection. Fortunately she could always rely on her brother who was the contact wolf and always had a hug spared especially for her. In his case it was also his open personality which did not let it seem weird when he touched other people around. Why could not she be more like her brother?
She knew what to do. To report the incident which was not really an incident because the human left the scene unharmed. Also the wolf was just protecting its cub, who could judge that in the wrong way? Well, the Elders would because protecting the human kind was the top priority.
Nevertheless there was something about the chestnut haired canine that Gail could not get out of her system.