ASTRID'S POV
The entire air in the enclosure was very weird, but I knew because of the seta of eyes that were staring at me. I clutched the knife in my hands, but not hard enough to wound me.
I moved to the middle of the room where the sets of things we were going to use for the ritual were.
The elders, three of themselves, stood there, in a circle, and I looked around us. The eyes pierced my skin, and my heart reached my chest.
I let out a deep breath and I felt a warm hand on my shoulder. I looked over, and I saw the Alpha. He carries a warm smile on his face, and I wonder what he is doing here.
I sincerely hoped it wasn't because of me.
He let go of my shoulders, and I walked over to the elders with the dagger in my hands. They hummed a chant, and they read from a book
