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Layla padded through the night, silent except for the whispering of her cloak. She had the hood pulled up, but when she turned her face to the sky, the moon's light made her pale fur glow. Eyes closed, the cream-faced female basked in the silver light for a moment. She found peace here, with the mountains looming in the north. It reminded her of home. Half a world away, yet with her eyes closed she could imagine she was at the foot of another mountain range. A mountain range that was so much older than this one, where her black hind paws disappeared like drops of ink into the snow. Where she was considered cursed because of the half-blindness she was born with. Layla's eyes snapped open, revealing a glint of gold on one side and a glimpse of blank white on the other. She refused to miss the Himalayas. She refused to ache for home.
Layla scented the air as she walked, searching for the scent of wolves. She had heard tell of a pack that lived in these mountains, a pack of secrets and of shadows. Her journeys had led her to this place and she believed it was fate. She had been shunned at her home mountains, perhaps she would be welcomed here. The scent grew steadily stronger as she approached what she assumed must be the pack's boarder. Layla put a hand to the wakizashi sword that she kept sheathed at her side. It was comforting, knowing that it was there. That blade was her best – only – friend. Standing at the boarder, Layla Saker took a deep breath and then howled her greeting to the mountains.
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