When My Mind-reading Wolf Fell Silent
"What? Me... Really?"
His eyes never left me, but he held the Moon Blossoms out to Morrigan.
"Of course," his voice was flat, dead. "Since our Luna is so busy with the 'trash,' she has no time for her duties. You'll take her place tonight."
Morrigan took the flowers and disappeared, re-emerging moments later in the robe, glowing.
I saw the smug victory on her face. But it was Rylan's indifference that cut the deepest.
The Moon-Spring Purification. It was our pack's most sacred ritual, a ceremony only the Alpha and his Luna were ever allowed to perform. Together.