The moon was not yet full, and I didn't understand anything about what had just happened. I only knew I was hurting. My Wolf came to take me away from my pain. She crooned to me in a language all our own. I felt safe and strong. It wasn't like we were two people; I wasn't schizo or anything. I was still me. One being with two aspects. I never felt so whole or complete as I did right then. I had felt my entire life like I was missing something. For a while I believed it was the result of being orphaned so young, but right then I knew. Yes, I missed them, but this bottomless void I couldn't fill had nothing to do with them. It was her. It was me. The other side of myself that I only recently discovered. I clung to my Wolf and ran through the woods. I ran faster and faster. No destination in
