DAVID STONE.
On my return to Lakeside, my son had asked me to join him in his office. I had stepped down from the Alpha position as soon as Jason had come of age to take it. I was disheartened with it. I had lost my love, the woman I’d imagined ruling beside me as my Luna. Mary had left me a note when she disappeared. It had said that she needed time and space to deal with the loss of our friends. It told me not to look for her. I did anyway, of course. I never found her, though. Now I know why she stayed so well hidden. She was keeping her from me.
I had left the night of the Moon Goddess ceremony, i had to get away for a few days to clear my head. I had seen Amber up at the Alpha cemetery. She had been scattering Mary’s ashes over her parents' graves, and it took every ounce of self-
