The Stray Moon
I let the implication hang: None of us survived ours, not really, but we keep moving anyway.
I step forward and sweep the snow off the log at my feet, exposing a hidden cache: two bundles of restraints, a quiver of arrows, and the old box with the ceremonial blade. It’s silver, of course—bitter and bright, metal cold enough to make your gums ache if you lick it. The hilt’s wrapped in black leather, inlaid with the crescent mark of our pack, handed down from the original Alpha Vale. My father gave it to me the night I inherited the title, pressing it into my palm with a look that said more than any oath.
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