Sera and I clicked instantly. She was exactly what I needed to navigate my new pack, and when I appointed her as my director, she accepted with almost childlike excitement. However, it ended too quickly as a woman who looked like Sera’s older reflection stormed toward us, her presence commanding enough to make the chatter around us falter. “Sera!” She yelled, an unnecessary evil when we could hear her and see her, but it was funny seeing how Sera froze up at the sight of her mother. “Where have you been?” “Ma!” She rushed, hugging her mother fiercely, and I stared, unable to fathom such a mother-daughter bond. “I met the Luna, and she is so kind.” She gushed after she parted from the hug, and I held my hands up, giving an awkward wave. The woman regarded me with cold eyes, those brown

