Chapter 287

• Rosalina's POV
• ​The morning mist was still clinging to the tree branches outside my window when I woke up.
• ​Today marked the formal beginning of the initial mourning rites for Grandma Judith. Under ancient pack traditions, the transition period for a matriarch lasted several weeks, broken down into specific days of ritual observance. In precisely fourteen days, the ancestral cleansing ceremonies would conclude entirely, clearing the way for new beginnings… including the contractual mating registry appointment with Vesper.