Chapter 12: Fifteen Years Ago

FIFTEEN YEARS AGO:

“AJ! No fair! I wanna be a wolf!!”

“Only if you can catch me!” I said, launching into wolf form and sprinting away.

Connor giggled, then chased after me. “Not fair!!!”

Sure, I was using an early supernatural gift against him. But Connor actually didn’t seem to mind that I’d come into my gift about a decade too soon. All the adults in the pack seemed to have different ideas and feelings about it. All the grown-ups seemed to think that either I was really special because of it, or that it meant something was wrong with me.

Not Connor, though. My earliest memory ever was one I think we both shared. We’d been splashing around in the mud together, not a care in the world. After that, we went on to do most everything together. We were a couple of toddler tyrants, inseparable, and eventually we’d be rulers of the world. At least, that’s what it felt like, because we were unstoppable, my best friend and I.