#Chapter 202: Your Body Needs Time

Wait. Does that mean…? “Is my wolf beginning to manifest?” I ask, hope rising in my voice and in my heart. “I don’t know,” he says. “We’ll have to run more tests.” My face must shift, possibly brightening by the hope flooding inside of me, because Steven only looks more and more worried. “It could take years before it fully manifests,” Steven says. In an instant, my hope switched to disappointment and down, down, down came my dreams of having it any easier. An awakened wolf would have added to my natural speed and strength. It would have helped give me a leg-up in my fight to be the first female warrior. I sigh. This setback doesn’t kill my dreams – not by a longshot. I’ve always known the hills I would have to climb to make my dreams come true. But it’s almost cruel to have a glimmer of hope that maybe those hilltops weren’t quite so high, just to have that hope ripped away the next moment. I’d continue to work hard. Nothing would stop me from achieving my dreams. But… Steven