In the forest of Nysa where Zeus concealed Dionysus from Hera and surrendered the child to be raised by nymphs, two goddesses lived in a meadow, the elder, Lykaina, and the younger, Luna.
They were born of Dionysus, the god of transformation, and Hestia, the goddess of the hearth. The sisters were forbidden to enter the Nysian forest.
When graced by womanhood, Lykaina waited each night until her younger sister was asleep, then stole from their home at dusk and entered the forest.
Each night the howling of wolves and her sister’s cries awoke the younger. When her sister returned from the forest, Luna pretended to sleep and hid her knowledge of her sister’s absence.
In time, the cries of the wolves awoke something nameless of both desire and madness in the younger sister, and before she was graced by womanhood, Luna disobeyed and followed after Lykaina.
In the darkness of the forest, Luna found a hiding place where she watched wolves appear and circle about her sister. She saw Lykaina take t…
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