Five years had passed.
Five long years since Alpha Ryker and Luna Julia of the Bloodmoon Pack had walked into Silver Fang territory and forced truths that had been buried into the light. Five years since Julia had stood before Silver Fang as the Luna of another pack. Five years since Jason had finally accepted the rejection he had refused to accept months earlier. Five years since the Council of Elders had passed judgment on Willow.
And yet, Silver Fang had never truly recovered.
Inside the Alpha office, Beta Kirk stood across from Jason's desk with several reports in his hands. The atmosphere between them was tense, though that had become normal over the years. Their relationship had changed after everything that happened with Bloodmoon.
Once, Kirk had been Jason's closest friend and
