Stone Haven.

Two thousand acres of forestry encircling Wolf Lake in upstate New York.

Pack territory.

Your pack had lived there and thrived there for generations. It was the most beautiful and perfect place a werewolf could live. You could run and hunt without fear of being caught, and you could raise cubs there in safety. And boy, could you not wait to get out of there.

It wasn't against pack law for an Omega to move away for college. It was just uncommon, some might even say, looked down upon. And that made the prospect all the more appealing.

It's not that you didn't love your pack, you just wanted to experience the world before you settled down and had pups. It had always been you, Griffin, Grant, Elijah, and Katya.

The Ferocious Five, as the pack elders called you growing up.

The five of you were best friends, but it was you and Griff who had always been inseparable. So much so that the elders seemed to think the two of you would eventually be mates. Griffin, the pack Alpha, and you his Luna.

It had always been a joke between the two of you growing up. But now, you faced your final summer at home before going away to college, and you've realized that you were going to miss Griff most of all.

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