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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

the Ancient Moon Temple in

moonstone lamp for Lily."

response came quickly: "I'm sorry, Olivia. My grandfather's condition has worsened. I need to return

wolf pushed forward with maternal determination. This couldn't wait. Lily had already

respect.

"I'll go alone. Your grandfather needs you

with concern: "The journey to Ravenwood is

Please wait

be careful. This is something I need to

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 to

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

Lily," I whispered, both to

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Ravenwood passed in a blur of winding roads and dense

Temple stood atop a hill, its

afternoon sun.

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with you, daughter,"

nodded, unable to speak past the

he said, gesturing for me to

lamps lined the walls, each glowing with a soft, bluish light. Elder Gray led

here," he instructed.

me a special match that burned with an unusual blue flame.

as the flame caught

to find her way," Elder Gray said. "Would you like

the Moonlight Passage ritual as

please," I whispered, my voice

simplicity. Elder Gray chanted in an ancient

rising and falling

he told me when it was done. "She will find peace in the

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