Lyria only barely managed to avoid being bowled over by Aidria in her rush to get to the front. Several young wolves stumbled as she pushed them, and one fell over flat in her wake. Lyria saw that she was young, or perhaps she just had a young face, because she hardly looked old enough for a first shift. But unshifted wolves couldn’t join with another as mates, it simply wasn’t permitted, because a wolf could never know their mate for sure until both had their shifts. Looking more closely at the girl, she thought perhaps she just had a young face, with full, delicately pink cheeks and a round face. Her dark hair was also cut short across her forehead, giving her an even more youthful appearance.
“Do you know her?” Lyria whispered to Ravelina.
“Actually, yes, she’s from Evening Star, we s
