Lacking Humanity|Crescent Moon

Chapter Thirty-Nine

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 The three Crescent Moon members didn't know if they should mention the contests. Surely they could just slip it in later, besides...It would start half today and half tomorrow before they leave at night.

Hayes had decided that he hadn't been on Crescent Moon land in a long while, and although there had been semi-bad blood between his pack and theirs. It simmered once Remus' father died and the pack was passed to the next generation.

And who could possibly hate Sage?

Well, a quarter of the room could.
But they couldn't look her directly in the eyes as their wolves were too timid. It was simply the cockiness and temperament of their humans that did not allow for proper ratification.

Luke just hope all this would be settled during the contests. Which would start today, though the only ones Sage was relatively interested in was the race and one on one sparing.

So while everyone was off competing at other events, Luke and Liam attempted to teach Sage a sport. Basketball.
And it wasn't going well at all.

"Ball in hoop. Why?"
"Because that's where it wants to go, and—And you have to help it get there!" Liam had to make the rules sound a bit childish, only because she wouldn't understand this being entertaining without added instructions.

Better yet, they simply started to practice dribbling and shooting before letting her get any farther than an actual game.

"Alright, race starts soon." A devilish smirk rises on her face, and Luke claps her shoulder in recognition to it. "Don't let anyone scare you Sage, alright? You run here to there, just like we always do back at home."
"With Jack?" Liam scoffs and mutters under his breath that it wasn't always Jack that took her on runs.

An Omega listed Sage down for one of the contestants, and her three pack members had made a small circle for her to change her clothes and shift to her wolf.

One of which already wreaked of Alpha-Female within the first few seconds.

The only aspect that Sage wasn't aware of was that her Luna status made it possible for her to communicate with other Lunas. Thus allowing Enid to talk to her for a bit before the given race.

Hayes had watched from a distance, as an order from Remus himself that he didn't want his mate distracted during this time. But once he comes to their pack land then they could sort it all out.

Hello! I'm Olivia, and as the reigning champion three years running. I've decided on the course this year once again. It's a five-mile run, through the brush that surrounds the ground. An Omega traced it with bacon just now. We'll start at the sound of the gun!

Sage turned in confusion, and since Luke couldn't hear what she said, she caught his attention from just a glance.

"What's wrong?"

Gun?

Luke pointed off to the male Omega who held the gun in hand. "It's going to make a loud noise, you start running then." The Omega looked dumbfounded at the exchange and explanation, but he didn't have the high tier to question it.

"On your mark, get set, go!" The sound rang in Sage's ear for a moment, but she had already darted off to the smell of bacon. Her favorite breakfast treat. Her paws had barely touched the ground, and better yet—She couldn't detect a single scent trailing her.

"I guess that puts the question to rest then?" Liam smirked at those beside him. And Laura shoved his side. 

"I'm trying to listen to what the others are saying." She scolded, and both received a sharp gesture from Luke who wanted to time the entire thing.