Mate: Part One
"Continue working on your group projects. Presentations are on Friday."
Mr. Nelson sat at his desk, and chatter picked up as students formed groups. Riley turned to me.
"Ready to dive in, Jane?"
"Sure. What are we working on?"
"The Great Moon Goddess and the beginning of everything," she said, handing me a textbook. "You can help by reading and noting down any details we haven't covered yet."
I took the book and sheet of paper, feeling oddly grateful. The text drew me in - myths of creation, of the first wolves, of bonds that tied souls together. Mom had told me and Sara fragments of these stories when we were younger, before Zander banned them as "nonsense."