chapter 87

Kora shifted and Ares kept his back to us until she bit his tail making him spin around. “Race you” She says before shoving him over and darting toward the treeline. It felt good being in this form, Kora was carefree and loved the feel of the earth under her feet, the way the dirt kicked up behind her as she zipped in and out of trees and jumped over fallen logs. The breeze ruffled her fur and D*mn was she fast and lithe on her feet. She slows down looking for Ares, and we could hear him catching up to us when everything suddenly falls silent, before he pounces, tackling Kora. Ares jumps off her and darts away and her giving chase and I could see she was excited for the game they were playing. “She seems excited to be out” Mateo mindlinks me. “Yep sucks she can’t shift much” I tell him just letting her go and do what she wants while she can. “You still want to go swimming or do you want to wait for Ezra?” He asks me and I shrug before remembering he can’t see that through the link. “Ei