Shane stood next to his brother, anxiously awaiting the music that would signal that Casey and Zoey were nearing the clearing. He looked around at all the wolves gathered from their pack as well as some wolves from the neighboring packs. It was the biggest gathering for the Shift Moon Ceremony that they have had in a long time. Shane couldn’t help but hope that, after he was Alpha, that he could get it to be this big again.
As he was looking around, he glanced over at Casey’s mother who was standing in the very front of the gathered group. She had tears of joy in her eyes and the biggest smile on her face as she met his gaze. He smiled back and politely dipped his head in her direction. Lane bumped Shane’s arm as the music began to slowly fill the clearing. Shane kept his eyes on the ope
