Prologue

𝘈𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘪- 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯
𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘢- 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘺. 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘰.
Aura.
Mother of the Sun, Spirit of Light.
There was a time when she wasn't known by that name.
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The she-wolf snapped her head to the side, lip curling up as she recoiled. Her thoughts were like bitter herbs on her tongue.
She let out a small chuff, quiet enough not to wake the nebulous, massive black wolf laying only a few yards away from her.
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺, She thought, 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘈𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘪, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯.
The wolf stirred slightly, ears pricking as he let out a slurred growl.
Aura wasn't afraid of him hearing her. She knew her time was limited. The lack of his heir was the only think keeping her and their other six pups alive. It would be soon though. She knew it. The next litter, Equinox and Eclipse would come.
As swiftly as wings in the dark.