Today was the day…
The day Serena had prayed against, she spent so much effort trying to avoid it since she returned.
And despite it all, the day still came. The day that she buries her father and rest his soul.
The air in the pack was still and heavy.
It was as if the world itself had paused to acknowledge what Mooncrest had lost.
Their Alpha…
Serena stood at the center of the yard, with other pack members gathered behind her..
She was at the front, where she didn’t want to be.
Where she had no choice but to stand.
Her fingers curled tightly at her sides, nails biting into her palms as she stared ahead at the raised stone platform.
Her father lay there.
He is gone now.
A low murmur rippled through the gathered pack members behind her, but Serena barely heard it. Their presence
