The morning of Nerina’s eighteenth birthday arrived with a kind of brightness the kingdom hadn’t seen in weeks.The sunlight stretched gently across the palace courtyard, curling around the walls as if even nature itself was eager to witness the day.For most pack members, it was simply a day of celebration, an occasion of joy, laughter, and endless chatter. But for Nerina’s parents, Caius and Elora, it was far more than that.It was the day their daughter would finally meet her wolf.For years they had imagined what her wolf would look like, how powerful she might be, how she would sound, how she would run, how she would feel.Beta Caius had barely slept the night before, pacing the length of their room while Elora kept telling him, “Calm down, Caius, she’s only turning eighteen, not heading to war.”But even she couldn’t mask the excitement that lit her eyes every time she thought of her daughter.Nerina, however, was oblivious to her parents’ near-manic joy. She had woken up with o
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