#Chapter 134: Temple

Olivia POV I awoke at dawn, and the sky was a delicate pink spreading out from the horizon against the lightening blue of the fading night. I dressed in warm Luna robes, raised my hood to indicate I did not wish to converse with anyone, and then slipped down to the kitchen, where I loaded up a small sack with food that made my stomach rumble amicably. I nodded to a Palace guard as I walked out into and then through the garden to the Temple of the Goddess set far back from the everyday lives of the wolves who worked and lived in the Palace. In fact, after I had walked into the foliage and taken two turns on the path, I felt like I was the only one for miles around, which was the point. I stood at the edge of the temple grounds and paused, listening, but I heard no one inside the temple. Well, not quite no one. Rising up before me were eight stones steps each engraved with a phase of the moon. On the third step was Skirit, regarding me with brilliant blue eyes. “Good morning