AHLIANA’S POV Standing in my father’s office, with June, Honey and Lucy, he takes out the dagger in the shape of a wolf wearing a crown with a moon in the center and red rubies for the wolf’s eyes. The wolf is made from gold, the knife from ice. The goblet it’s fully gold, covered in jewels. Lucy walks towards my father first, “hold out your hand, and repeat after me.” He instructs her, he makes a small cut on her palm and collects small drops in the goblet, then June, then Honey. He tells them the pledge, they repeat it, and the connection has been formed between each of them and the pack. I’m the first to link them. “ Welcome to the pack girl!” I say. “June we have to talk about marking and mating.” Looking at her, I see her flinch at the idea of the words, like a physical hit. “ I’m n

