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Aurora
When the meal was cleared I took a deep breath, I was really going to do this, I felt a little jittery and nervous but in the end, Millie and Whinnie helped me with the Luna jewelry and I stood in Millie’s tiny cabin facing a mirror on the back of the closet door. My fingers wiggled with anticipation as I appraised myself.

My hair was down a few small braids adorned with jasper beads and silver trinkets, the rest hung loosely about my shoulders. The Luna chains were laid out depicting a chakra format. This would open all of me to the task ahead of me. Linking me with the entire pack. It started with a circlet of silver that had little combs that held it on my head where it secured in my hair. A chain went from left to right across the top of my head in the center was a rainbow moonstone in the position of the crown on the very top of my head. The next placement where the center of the circlet rested on the center of my forehead held an amethyst in the third eye position. The second piece of jewelry was a series of body chains that held each stone in its place down my front. In the position of the throat chakra was a polished turquoise stone, in the valley of my breast rested a green malachite in the position of the heart, a tiger’s eye stone landed just below my breasts at the zone of the solar plexus, just above my navel a common moonstone adorned the location of sacral, ending at an obsidian stone which took up the place of the root at my groin. The chains felt cool against my feverish skin the wolf slept fitfully wrapped around my soul the time for her to walk the earth and bind to me on the horizon.

The sheer silver fabric had been cut into 2 equal swatches. The middle of each length sat on my shoulders gathered by broaches that Whinnie had secured from the safety deposit box in town. Another broach gathered the two pieces of fabric between my navel and pubic bone at the front the silver lengths pooling between my legs and then also in the back at the crack of my ass. While two more joined each swatch to itself on my sides at the taper of my waist. My hips flared out exposed to the cool air and the center of my front and back revealed the stones and chains as they adorned my hot skin. My pert nipples' rosey hue was very evident behind the transparent cloth.

“He’s going to flip,” Whinnie mumbled she had been the one most vocal in protest. “Whinnie we talked about this, I'm more than a wolf. I was born a high priestess and I will honor what I am. Accepting me is embracing The Mother's magic coming into the pack. Evander will get over it I promise.” Millie observed me appreciatively. “I’d hunt you down and fuck you,” she said with a wink. “Thanks, I think,” I said and she laughed. Millie got up from where she was lounging on the bed and helped me pin the cloak we had made with the purple cloth. It would cover me until I was ready to shed it. “Let’s do this ladies!” Millie said with a wide grin. We made our way to the stables where I pulled out Spitfire and threw a light blanket over her back. I walked her up to a stump and mounted tossing Millie my boots and rearranging the fabric pulling the cloak closed. No one was around as they had all gathered at the high pasture where Evander had taken me for a picnic one of my first days here. They walked with me and Millie reminded me that if I didn’t shift on my own when Evander found me he would aid the shift. I nodded oddly, not too worried about that, my vision for tonight lay more on the dreams of the moon and rock jutting over the water, of my Mate who would claim me as part of the pack. Of something ominous that would unite me as a whole. The nearer we got to the clearing the quieter I got. I reached out to the land for strength relishing in the ancient strength I found there. My eyesight grew keener and I shed the cloak, which Millie took and I nodded them ahead of me as I stopped. They went on and I took a few moments to pray to the mother goddess and the moon goddess praying for council and the love of my new people.

Evander

Whinnie and Millie entered the meadow from the trees. I perked up waiting for any sign of her, my eyes searching the trees, my ears straining for her scant footfall, I glanced over at Millie who stood with Whinnie at Blake's left Dominic taking up space beside her. Her arms were laden with several yards of purple cloth which she held up close to her face hiding a smile of anticipation. Whinnie however was biting her lip again like she was already in trouble. Then I saw Aurora’s boots at Millie's feet. “Fuck, hey Fire Balls we may have a problem,” Dominic swore as he moved toward me. I followed his gaze till it landed on the horse and her rider practically naked in all her goddess-given glory in front of the entire adult pack. A possessive rumble bubbled out of my chest and I felt Dominic and Blake each place a hand on my shoulders. Elijah let out a low whistle. A few gasps and murmurs trickled through the crowd. My skin itched to transform and pounce on her now. The crowd parted for her as she came before me meeting my eyes, the shining silver bright nearly covering her normal jade glow. She appraised me with the content curve of her lips. The little vixen knew just how to rile me up.

She gave her head a bow to me before turning to the pack my skin rippled as I grit my teeth to avoid shifting on the spot. “Members of the Hallow Moon pack I come to you as I am, I was born a witch in my own skin in my human body, tonight I will also become one with the wolf,” a few cheers rose. as I told you previously I am den mha`thair, (of the mother) if you accept me as your Luna you are also accepting me as the priestess my goddess bore me to be. Accepting me also means accepting this pack's fate to be a catalyst in changing your world. The rogue souls beyond this sanctuary will be redeemed and the transgressions against them shall find retribution” she continued. Nods and murmurs of agreement spread and could be heard. I had finally gotten control of the beast in me. “My pack,” I said. And all eyes turned to me. “Our goddess has given our people a task, accepting my mate as your Luna will bind you as tightly to this as we are, you have all gotten a chance to know this gentle, kind, and boundlessly gifted woman who is my wife, for who she is, however exasperating as her boldness may be in this moment. I sighed. She side-eyed me unapologetically with a smirk. The time has come to choose. My friends, do you take Aurora Nightingale Robertson to be your Luna, your nourisher, and your protector from this day forth? The crowd collectively dropped to a knee and bowed their heads. She let out a shuddered breath. A stillness fell over the meadow as Millie and the Betas stepped out and did the same and when I fell to my knee and bowed, Dominic followed suit. “Luna,” he asked and the horse turned on her whim so she could face him properly this close I could make out every detail of her form, she looked like a goddess herself. The fur beneath my skin began to itch to the surface again. “Dominic?” she said in question cocking her head as she peered down at him. “I give you my fealty, I know it must be proven and it will take time to be earned but I ask you to join this hunt tonight. She studied him no doubt linking into her wolf, “Your penance against me, you will wait here with your guard until your Alpha calls. Realize little Alpha, one wrong move and you may be dead, this pack protects its own find your balance. You already know my judgment lies in another's hands.” Millie glanced up giving a small nod and Aurora dipped her head. Millie’s tense shoulders eased. “leig leis an t-sealg tòiseachadh,”(let the hunt begin.) and as she laid over that filly’s neck gripping her mane, she sped off, at a gallop over the meadow flowers blooming in her wake as we hit the forest. She disappeared into the woods and I took a step forward letting out a displeased snarl. The hands of my Beta and my brother grabbed my thick shoulders as the wolf struggled to the surface to claim his Luna for the pack. My eyes zeroed in on the setting sun. I would find her and she would be mine.