By the time we returned to Leo’s house, it was already getting dark and there was a light haze streaking across the sky as it transformed from dusk to pure night. The visit into town went better than expected, and most of the pack members I conversed with were honest and open about their grief.

In speaking with them, I learned of their day-to-day routines and how overall management was handled in Bloodmoon. Although Ronan’s reign was comparably different from my father's, ...