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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

take me to the Ancient Moon Temple in Ravenwood? I need to light a

moonstone lamp for Lily."

has worsened. I need to

me. But my wolf pushed forward with maternal determination. This

respect.

"I'll go alone. Your

to Ravenwood is dangerous, especially for

Please wait for

be careful. This is something I need to do

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

the first time since Lily's death. My wolf, though still wounded by

whispered, both to myself and my wolf.

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journey to Ravenwood passed in a blur of winding roads

atop a hill, its white stone walls gleaming in

afternoon sun.

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bring great sorrow with you, daughter," he

nodded, unable to speak past the lump in my

gesturing for me to follow. "The

hundreds of small crystal lamps lined the walls, each glowing

daughter's ashes here," he instructed. "And light

handed me a special match that burned with an unusual blue flame. As I lit

Lily's name, watching as the flame caught

always have light to find her way," Elder Gray

Passage ritual as

whispered, my voice

ritual was beautiful in its simplicity. Elder Gray chanted in an

and falling like

me when it was done. "She will find peace

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