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[Apple]

Moon River was not all like I was expecting. Although, maybe I wasn’t really expecting the right things.

I’ve only ever lived in two places my entire life--Pleasant Valley and now Crescent City. And while I saw versions of the fabled Werewolf capital in movies as a kid, it isn’t the same as experiencing it in real life.

Crescent City is a city, yes, but Moon River is a metropolis. Almost everyone here is a werewolf and the city is so big that it has not just one but five major packs: Bloodbane, Steel Fang, Crystal Claw, Goddess Valley, and, of course, Moon River.

Sly does his best to explain this big city to my small country self while we stand in the train station with our luggage.

“Each pack is like a shining point of a star,” Sly describes as he shows me how the city is divided up among the 5 packs. “While each one is its own independent pack, they all work together to create unity within the city, each one taking responsibility for various vital resources for mutual surviva
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