Raleigh
I stand in the ballroom looking over the last minute preparation details. Dad rebuilt this place five years after I was born making it a single building by itself. He had six massive skylights placed in the roof where the metal roof could be lifted up like shutters over those sections. To let in moonlight. I asked him recently how he seemed to know we were supposed to use the moon so much in our ceremonies. He’d smiled softly. “Your mom. Our first date was at the waterfall in Black Fang and it was a full moon. I remember feeling like the moonlight was important that night. It seemed to bathe her in its glow no matter where she moved. Like it was highlighting the beauty of my life. And so I looked into it. We already had a tradition about the Alpha’s first shift with the pack on a
