Ankyra Sound (ritual) dear seas of old, i come with a prayer

Emalee — I think we're assuming Kev was presented to Aktaie at some point behind the scenes, so that's why I've made mention of it in my post. If you have any issues with that assumption, let me know! The "someone" in this post can be anyone or no one in particular, it's just generic.

As always, Kevlyn was accompanied by someone. That someone didn't speak to him—it seemed that no one spoke to him except during his lessons, so the consequence of this was that the Ostrega cub spent a great deal of time conversing with himself—but led him silently to where the summoning call had gone up. Never had Kevlyn ever participated in a gathering of pack, so excitement buzzed through him, even though there was almost nothing for him to be excited about in Ankyra Sound.

His escort (whoever it was, Kevlyn hadn't lifted his head from the sand) and he found the Matriarch easily. She stood on the cold sand, facing the ocean. Kevlyn didn't know very much, but in his time at Ankyra Sound he was learning two things: Greek and respect. Many of the wolves switched between his native language and Greek readily, and some of his instructors only spoke Greek. He didn't always understand what they were saying, but Kevlyn was young enough that he was picking up on the easier words quickly. As a result, he dropped his head low, his belly nearly touching the ground (just as Spyridon had said Spawn were to do in the presence of women), and muttered a very quiet, "μητέρα," for Matriarch.

He was then ushered some distance away. Nishu, the weird guy who had visited him with Tethys, was there too. Kevlyn watched him with wide eyes for a moment, but a sound from his escort drew his attention swiftly back to the Alpha Female.