I woke up suddenly as cold water splashed over my face. As I jumped up, my body shook from the shock and cold. The freezing water soaked my clothes, making me shiver even more."Get up, you useless girl!" a sharp voice said. "Don’t you know what day it is?"Beta Rhys’s wife, Selene, twisted in disgust as she yelled.She held an empty wooden bucket, water dripping from its rim, proof of what had happened."The Lunar Festival isn’t going to prepare itself," she said, throwing the bucket aside. "Or did you think today was about you?"Of course not. It never was.Today was the Lunar Festival, a sacred day honoring the Moon Goddess’s blessings upon the pack. It was a time of joy, food, and celebration.It was also my birthday.I turned sixteen today.But no one cared.As Selene stepped out of the room, I peeled off my wet clothes, shivering from the cold. My room is small, dark, and damp. It was deep in the packhouse where no sunlight reached. The only thing in the room was an old torn mat
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