The Luna Who Burned The Pack

the trees, bloated and silver

n the yard. There were warriors, Elders, omegas

ness to birth of new wol

lights held in sticks. It was ringed by o

ere protection runes. Tonight, they felt mo

cold but from the weight of every stare. My palm was sweating, and tho

own I was waved with

beside me. She had stayed close since mor

have a choice." Even as the unnamed outcast, this

where it didn't feel like hundreds of eyes

out

st of the unshifted wolves. We were all eighteen today, and it wa

rophet. "On this sacred night, we honor the Moon. She who weaves the threads o

d, making space

d into the center. The ground felt wrong beneath me

clothes. Creamy, and unblemished skins were exposed to the a

the others b

ike smoke. Most of them dropped fast, their forms

t

till unchanged.

d at the edge

thing was wr

d've shift

s cur

sed m

Moon, whoever you are

hen i

he dirt with a grunt, hands clawing at the ground as my bones shifted

he agony... t

shifting. Something e

st like a sleeping animal

touched the earth

e torches too bright, the scents too thick. I cou

immered in the r

back wasn't

but my eyes... they glowed red-gold.

pers

r e

not na

t like th

dn't speak, but she trembled inside me. We

is arms again, tryin

," he declared. "Let

fell li

le, lifting the torches into a brief roar of

hing

yanked tight

e far edge of the circle-toward a

Kael

r eyes met, t

g. No gentle glow o

ed into me lik

n

hed. My wolf ho

as him

m

idn't

ovement. No smile. He just stood t

I

chosen. The b

ld was no