#Chapter 17: The Celebration

Ella & Sophia Ella I had never attended the Spring Celebration before. To think that all these years, I had avoided such a beautiful and lively festival… And now, in what could perhaps be my last year alive, I was finally attending for the very first time. It broke my heart when I should have felt joyful. The celebration was held in the neutral territory between packs. The forest known as Evergreen Glade was located smack dab in the center of the three main packs in the region—Ashclaw, Stormhollow, and Moonshine. It was a beautiful forest filled with towering firs, cut through by a babbling brook that led to an impressive waterfall at the southern edge of the glade. I often enjoyed walking through the forest trails when I had nothing to do, or having picnics with Lilith by the brook. Back before my wolf went dormant, I even enjoyed racing through the woods in wolf form, feeling the moss beneath my paws and the cool breeze in my fur. I trie