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True Luna: Relationships at the Start

Andrew and Gloria Help Make the Milestone Bearable

Meet them in the first five chapters See the ebook edition

This opening note focuses on the first paragraphs of chapter 1. The free reading sample contains five complete chapters.

Relationships in the opening

Andrew and Gloria Help Make the Milestone Bearable

The narrator wishes her parents could witness her first shift, but the opening also identifies people who have helped carry that absence. Andrew combined pack duties with raising her, while Gloria became a maternal presence despite her own bereavement. Inviting Gloria to the shift turns gratitude into a specific choice of witness, showing belonging through sustained care rather than relying only on the future mate the narrator hopes to discover.

How does choosing Gloria as a witness recognize care that has already been given?

Read the scene in chapter 1