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I clutched the empty Moonwood Ceremonial Urn to my chest, tears streaming down my face. Victoria's cruel desecration of Lily's grave had reopened wounds that had never truly healed.

My wolf whimpered inside me, maternal instincts still raw and bleeding despite the years that

had passed. We needed to do something-anything-to honor our pup's memory.

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I opened my laptop, searching for ways to memorialize a deceased werewolf child. An online support group for grieving werewolf parents appeared in the search results.

Hesitantly, I clicked the link and began reading through the posts. Stories of loss, of

heartbreak, but also of healing and remembrance filled the screen.

One post in particular caught my attention:

"Finding peace at the Ancient Moon Temple in Ravenwood saved my sanity after losing my

son. Elder Tobias Gray performed the Moonlight Passage ritual, and I truly believe my boy's

spirit found its way to the ancestral hunting grounds. The perpetual moonstone lamp I lit for

him still burns there, a beacon guiding him home whenever he wishes to visit."

My heart raced as I read more about the temple. Located in Ravenwood, a neighboring

territory, it was known as a sacred place where the veil between worlds grew thin during

certain lunar phases.

I immediately texted Lucas Blackwood, who had promised to help me honor Lily's memory

desecration of her

me to the Ancient Moon Temple in Ravenwood? I need

moonstone lamp for Lily."

worsened. I need to return to Blackwood Estate immediately.

me. But my wolf pushed forward with maternal determination. This couldn't wait. Lily

respect.

"I'll go alone. Your grandfather needs you more

journey to Ravenwood is dangerous, especially

Please wait

"I'll be careful. This is something

small bag with essentials and the remnants of Lily's ashes that I'd managed to salvage from the cemetery. The drive to Ravenwood would take several hours, but I needed to arrive before moonrise for the ritual

filling me for the first time since Lily's death. My

whispered, both to myself and my

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journey to Ravenwood passed in a

stood atop a hill, its white stone walls gleaming in

afternoon sun.

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bring great sorrow with you, daughter," he said softly. "And the ashes of a

past the lump in my

gesturing for me to follow. "The moonstone

each glowing with a soft, bluish light. Elder Gray led me

ashes here," he instructed. "And

match that burned with an unusual blue flame. As I lit

Lily's name, watching as the

her way," Elder Gray said. "Would you like me

Passage ritual as

please," I whispered,

was beautiful in its simplicity. Elder

and

now," he told me when it was done. "She will

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