Chapter 6. A Wedding (2)

Werewolves don't essentially need weddings. Once a wolf meets its mate, and they acknowledge each other, then they are a couple. During the once in three years' Purple festival, where all wolves return from wherever they stay to come thank the Moon mother for her blessings, all the couples that are formed before the festival will be presented before the Moon mother for her blessings on the same day. Therefore, the winter weddings are for those wolves who couldn't find their fated mates. It is believed that once the pack accepts their union, the Moon mother will also accept it.

After these weddings, during the Purple festivals, these newly wedded will also join the fated couples to present themselves to the Moon mother at the shrines all over the realm. The wedding is a basic occasion. After everyone had arrived, the two wolves presented themselves to the pack's shaman, who then said some incarnations before using a red rope to join them. Thereafter, t