After dinner with everyone Jackson followed Ember out to a remote area by a small pond, not far from the castle itself. The following day began the preparations for her Luna Ascension ceremony. For the most part the ascension traditions, mirrored those that she saw in other packs. Because Artemis’ father was still king. The ceremony of those that would succeed his rule, were treated as respectable Alpha and Luna, similar to those that governed their own pack. She imagined that being an Alpha King was different from being the Alpha of a pack. Kings did not step down to retire on a whim. They remained in their seat until their very life is threatened or they could no longer uphold the law. Ember would soon become a Luna Princess, and learn the duties that would befall her for the future, and
