My Alpha Mate's Christmas Gift novel Chapter 82

　　Roxanne obeyed. She took off her Panama’s and put on a more conducive outfit for the cold. After all, the ceremony was going to take place outside, in the cold. After she wore her very insulated coat, they both proceeded to the living room to get their boots and exit the house.

　　From the looks of things, Rita and Dax we’re most likely asleep. This made Roxanne curious about the time.

　　“It's 11:09” Melissa answered when Roxanne asked her.

　　The Awakening ceremony was to be held at midnight. Calculating the time it would take for them to reach the site of the event, and set everything up, they were right on schedule.

　　“Okay, Roxanne. Are you ready?” Melissa asked.

　　Roxanne nodded with determination.

　　This wasn’t the first time she would steal away in the middle of the night. The inky difference between what she did in the past was that this time she wasn’t alone, she was with her mother. Oh, and also the fact that she previously went for wrestling, unlike this time where she was going for a ritual that would turn her into a wolf.

　　They left the house and ventured into the far end of the village, to the woods. Since it had to be a segregated place, they decided to move even further from the settlement. They also needed high ground, a place closer to the sky where the moon's brilliance could radiate more on her.

　　Roxanne stared at the sky and watched the milky white circle in the sky. She felt like it followed her wherever she went, and while she found it to be a little creepy, she couldn’t help but smile at the comfort of it.

　　They finally arrived at high ground, a hill just further in the woods. It was already a cleared area, which made Roxanne assume that this was a site regularly used by the other members of the pack for their own Awakening.