"Dad's gone," my cousin's voice was barely above a whisper. "You must come home for the Evaluations," she uttered and the phone line went dead.
*****
After Keri's Uncle - the Alpha of the Silver Bullets pack - loses his battle with cancer, the young...
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I kicked, the round black-and-white ball swishing through the cold air and past John's outstretched arms, right into the net behind him.
Yes! I fistpumped the air, my teammates gathering around to pat me on the back while the girls clapped and cheered from the sidelines.
5:1 for my team, four of the goals being scored by yours truly.
Now that Horace and I were friends, he would join the games and darn: he'd proved to be one Hell of a goalkeeper! The other team had made several breaks through our defences, but so far only Billy had managed to score and that was only once.
"Not bad," my human best friend also patted me even though he was the captain of the opposing team.
"Better than you, that's for sure," I teased, sticking my tongue at him. He laughed and then shouted towards the girls:
"Time?"
"About time to go home," Mira answered, after glancing at her phone.
"Mhmm," Billy hummed and nodded before he turned to me. "Guess you win this one too, K."
"Pftt. Of course!" I grinned as if that had been the only possible outcome. But human as they may be, some of the players on Billy's team were pretty good, especially when my best friend took charge of them. If it wasn't for Horace, I'm sure they would've scored at least a couple of more times.
The boys from both teams headed towards the sidelines, a few of them winking at the girls.
"Sorry you didn't get to play," I said to Mira when I approached her. Unlike her bestie Jizelle, she'd often join in not just when we needed someone so both teams had the same amount of players.
"That's okay." She shrugged.
"I wouldn't have minded you guys having an extra player," Billy - never the sore loser - noted. "Heck, maybe you could play for my team next time, Mira."
I'm sure John would like that, I thought.
"Oh, she prefers to play with Kennedy." Jizelle giggled.
Billy and I exchanged a look. We both knew - pretty much everyone knew - Mira has had a slight crush on me since forever. Sometimes I thought I was the reason why she played soccer with us more than just occasionally.
