Mariam's POV
Artemis helped me shift into my four-legged form, which was painful, but not as much as the first time. I assumed I would get used to it soon enough.
"Your companion is approaching," Leander said as he sniffed the air, already in his four-legged form as well. "Let’s wait for him to catch up so he can also shift and enter the territory with us."
My heart grew impatient as we waited. Even though we had only been apart for an hour, perhaps less, it felt like an eternity without Anthony. Artemis was also eager to reunite with Apollo. We had both missed them terribly.
"What pack is this?" I asked. While I knew the names of all the packs in the kingdom and had a mental map of their locations, I was currently disoriented.
"This is Moon River, ruled by an Alpha who doesn't mess a
