Celebration and Preparation

Nikki POV

I spent the next 2 days helping the Luna set up for the graduation banquet. The table settings themselves were absolutely gorgeous. The entrance to the garden had one of those cheeky set ups where there's streamers and balloons that indicate the class of 2022, that you could stand in front of for pictures.

There were only about 60 of us graduating. The sad part was that none of my close friends were, only Ava and Cadence. They were my good friends, but they weren't my best friends like Sylvie, Jonas, and Charity. Their parents are warriors like my mom is, like my dad had been.

It's special occasions like this that I miss my dad the most. He would probably say something like "My baby wolf is graduating, and I'm so proud that she's at the top of her class." Then he would probably say something like, " Beautiful like her mother, but smart like her papa." And I would probably reply with, " The perfect combination of 2 absolutely marvelous people." Then we would lau