When the Luna Awakens
Five years of marriage, and as the pack's Luna, I've never been to a single big celebration.
Every Moonlight Festival, I spent it alone at home.
It's simply because my mate told me the pack has a rule: wolves not raised within the pack cannot join pack gatherings.
Even Lunas can't.
To follow this rule, I endured my wolf spirit's unease and felt lonely for five solid years.
Until the eve of another Elder Gathering, I stumbled upon a post from his first love on social media. Through another woman's account, I saw my mate.
She posted pictures with my mate. For five years, at every Elder Gathering, they were side-by-side, never apart.
That's when I realized, it wasn't that he couldn't make an exception.
It was just that the one he'd make an exception for wasn't me.