Layla’s POV
Sunlight and moonlight wove their dance across the Moonlit Pack’s lands, days slipping by in a gentle rhythm. Perhaps my senses were skewed, or maybe nature favored this pack, blessed by the Moon Goddess to wield the stars’ power. Every beam of day or night that touched the places I could see—meadows, rooftops, the glisten of streams—stirred joy in my heart.
Back at the Starlight Clan, my time wasn’t all leisure, despite moments with Oliver and Cecilia. Lucas ensured idleness wasn’t an option. Every young wolf in the clan learned to harness their powers during adolescence, and as the future Moon Maiden, I had to master these lessons. Having missed them in my youth, Lucas plunked me into a classroom with a gaggle of young wolves, relearning the basics. At first, I squirmed, a
