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KESKA: “James, Jessie, Lissa, Liam! Come on let’s go! we’re going to be late!” mom yelled. Leaving me out of the mix again. My name is Keska, I’m the middle child in the Alpha family, stuck between two sets of twins.Today is our cousin Adrian’s swearing-in ceremony, as he has found his mate, he will be taking over Moon Rise pack from Uncle Asa and Aunt Gina.I learned rather quickly after Lissa and Liam turned five that I needed to pay attention, or I would get left behind and left out of family functions. Sometimes I wouldn’t mind, but not today, so when mom yelled for them, I made sure I was ready to go. I was not going to miss Adrian’s ceremony.I was the first one downstairs, while the other four took their sweet time, I used it to grab snacks and water for the trip. It was a two-and-a-half-hour drive from our pack, Blue Crescent, to Moon Rise. I headed out the door, there were three big black SUVs in front of the pack house. They all had dark-tinted windows and were the ones that had three rows of seats.Heading to the last one in line, I got in the very back and waited for the rest of the family to get loaded. Why the last one? because none of the twins wanted to sit with me, so it was just easier and less time consuming if I just was in a different vehicle all together, and taking the last one they wouldn’t see me and complain “How come she gets to be first!” so the last one, it is.The first SUV was all warriors, eight in the first SUV, then two warriors and the family, Father, Lissa, Mom, James, Liam, Jessie. So, no room for me anyway. In the last, seven more warriors and me.