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26. Luna Ceremony
‘Women that wear black lead colorful lives.’ -unknown
Ember
I didn’t know what to think of the pack, knowing about my massive secret that I had hidden for two long years. When everyone shifted back to their human forms and knelt to the ground with their heads bowed, I almost panicked. Then, when Killian joined them, I felt an odd sense of loyalty and happiness at their gesture.
When everyone stood back up, we made our way back to the pack village. I made Bastet shrink again to his original size as we walked through the gates. Everyone went their separate ways to get dressed. Killian and I went up to our room with Bastet right behind us. Bastet was chattering away like a child.
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‘Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.’ -Haruki Murakami Ember Killian and Bastet stood close by me watching down each end of the hallway we were in as I stood at the door of the room my father was in. My mind was racing with the possibilities of how this was possible. How did he survive and my mom not know it? The door to the room I was standing in front of finally opened and my father stepped out. I couldn’t believe my eyes at what I was seeing. There he was after all this time. Standing there staring at me. I had to make sure that he was real. I reached out to place my hand on his chest. I felt the warmth there and his heart beating strongly. I open
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