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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

after the desecration of her

the Ancient Moon Temple

moonstone lamp for Lily."

My grandfather's condition has worsened. I need to return to Blackwood Estate

the message, disappointment washing over me. But my wolf pushed forward with maternal determination. This couldn't wait. Lily had

respect.

"I'll go alone. Your

concern: "The journey to Ravenwood

wait for

made up. "I'll be careful. This is something I need to

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

started my car, I felt a strange sense of purpose filling me for the first time

Lily," I whispered, both to myself and my wolf.

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a blur of winding roads and

Temple stood atop a hill, its white stone walls

afternoon sun.

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met me at the entrance. "You bring great sorrow with you, daughter," he said softly. "And the ashes of a young

speak past the lump in

gesturing for me to follow. "The moonstone lamps

the temple, hundreds of small crystal lamps lined the walls, each glowing with a soft, bluish light.

instructed. "And light

an unusual blue flame. As I

watching as the flame caught

she will always have light to find her way," Elder Gray said. "Would you

the Moonlight Passage ritual

whispered,

simplicity. Elder Gray chanted in

and falling like

when it was

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