2 months later...
𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 vial from Raphael. His heart was heavy, but he had a duty to his pack. Time and fate had been ungrateful to them. Ritual of Winter would never be the same again.
"All we need to do now is drop the tear on the table," Raphael broke the silence between them.
Lucian didn't need to be told - the Alpha had been thorough with his findings. He looked at the vial, a single drop of tear incased within it. There were times when he wore the vial around his neck, a treasured memory he did not want to let go. His wolf had left him alone in this pain.
It was one of the many things she had left behind.