Cliff of Shadows/Cliffnotes

A detailed description of each chapter in Cliff of Shadows is found here. A slightly deeper dive, such as character appearances and citations, can be found in the page dedicated to that specific chapter.

## Prologue

Redwood tries to convince Twilight to jump off a cliff so he becomes a spirit. Twilight refuses, leading to Redwood explaining how he can't even touch Twilight, and the SilvershardPack being tired of Twilight. He gives up, then the two cross the bridge near SilvershardPack, and they sleep in separate dens. Twilight waits until Redwood leaves before running into the forest, thinking about prey and finding other wolves.

## Chapter 1

Luna is running around the forest, lost in the mist. She finds and follows a wolf scent, finding a hostile DawnPack red wolf named Blaze. She asks questions to Blaze about her Pack, and if she can join it, but Blaze tells her that her Alpha doesn't like lone wolves. When asked why, Blaze tells her that they don't say why. Blaze leads Luna away from the Pack and out of the fog. Once out, Blaze reminds her to stay away, and that any patrols will likely attack. Luna thinks this is unfair, yet says nothing. They quickly exchange names. Later she has a dream where she is visited by Silvershard, who warns her about a drought, and that she should not let her pack down.

## Chapter 2

Luna wakes up and is startled by her dream. She leaves her den, thinking about proving her worth to the Alpha. After running around the forest, she catches a faint scent of rabbit and follows it. Another wolf's scent stops her, leading her to a patrol of three DawnPack wolves. They question Luna until she half-lies, saying she was searching for food and didn't mean to trespass. The patrol barks insults at her as she leaves.

While running away, she finds another faint rabbit smell, but it fades into the forest. She then feels a strange pull and arrives at a cliff. Luna wishes the wolves would treat her as any other wolf, then she sees a shadow wolf. This wolf says nothing, and when she asks it a question, it fades away. She walks away, finding an old rabbit, and catches it with little effort, then searches for DawnPack.

At DawnPack's camp, Luna watches as Pebble finishes telling the Alpha what happened on his patrol. The three patrol wolves walk away, causing Luna to take her chance and dart into the camp. She drops the rabbit in front of Alpha, Ice, and asks to join. Sage shouts at Ice to keep Luna out, only to be driven inside her den. Blaze defends Luna, saying they could test her.

Ice decides to go with Blaze's plan, despite the objections from other wolves, so Luna is promoted to Apprentice and Blaze becomes her mentor. After the meeting is dismissed, the clearing is filled with growls, unnerving Luna. Blaze says they don't know her yet, and that she will be accepted soon. Before Luna could respond, Blaze suggests they train in hunting first, so the two rush into the forest.

## Chapter 3

Blaze leads Luna into a clearing which she says is a great hunting spot. Luna tries to find a scent, but the only one she finds is not prey, but is still familiar. Blaze shows her a hunting crouch, explaining that it is effective in catching prey. She then shows how to keep up with scents. After some searching and listening, Luna finds a mouse den and kills it, showing off her prey to Blaze. It isn't much, so they search elsewhere for something better. A rabbit appears, so Luna pounces, but misses. When she looks up, Blaze has the dead rabbit, and gives it to Luna for her to claim as her own. Although Luna isn't fond of the idea, she does it anyways so the pack considers her useful.

When they turn to leave, a MistPack patrol stops them. River, the lead of the patrol, says they are too close to the borders. She mocks DawnPack for bringing in a Lone Wolf, but Blaze defends Luna, saying she's much better than her or Raven. River lets them leave, but warns them to stay away, especially Luna. They head back to DawnPack camp where Luna drops her catches, only for Sage to mock her. Blaze shows Luna the dens, and says that the other Apprentices aren't around because they're training. Luna is sad that no one's around, but is reassured by Blaze that they would mock her like Sage.

She listens to her mentor's advice and goes to sleep, just in case Ice sends her on patrol during Sun-Fall. As she sleeps, a strange orange-furred shadow wolf appears and stands over her as if watching. It fades away as Luna falls asleep.

## Chapter 4

Blaze wakes up Luna and informs her to do a patrol. Ice sends her on the patrol alone to test her trust, with Luna question its necessity in her thoughts. Later, Ice explains the route, saying to report anything to them.

During the patrol, Luna checks the scents around the border, making sure nothing is mixed with the DawnPack wolves' markings. She encounters a break in the forest where mountains loom in the distance, but a wolf jumps from the trees, landing in front of her. It lopes away, causing Luna to chase after it.

She finds herself back to the cliff, where she questions herself on why the wolf brought her there. After it vanishes, Luna notices a change in the area's scent, where she sees fog gathering at the cliff. A gust of wind sets her back on the patrol, only to stop as two unknown voices are heard.

A battle between Luna and two rogues, Cinder and Cobalt, begins, with Luna taking a couple of scratches before scaring them away. As the rogues flee, Luna shouts for them to stay away from DawnPack, barely stopping herself from using Lone Wolf as an insult.

Eventually her patrol is finished and she runs back to camp, informing Ice of the rogues. They have Moon set up double patrols. Luna thanks her and sunbathes on a rock, thinking of that shadow wolf. If it didn't intervene, she would have missed the rogues.

During her next dream, she chases the shadow wolf from before through a forest. It leaps up the tree and says to Luna "The objects in the river" before she wakes up.

## Chapter 5

Luna wakes up to Ice's howl and follows the other apprentices out of her den. She takes her place as Ice talks about the river. They bring up how it's drying, and that the wolves are limited to one drink a day until the river returns. The wolves gripe about the situation, leading Sage to bound beside Ice's stone and blame Luna. The two she-wolves argue, with the rest of the pack picking a side to defend, until Luna remembers her dream last night and says what the spirit wolf said.

Only Blaze listens to her. The two go to the river and share theories. Luna suggests going upstream, as her parents had a similar issue which was caused by a fallen tree. They go and tell Ice to get permission, but they shoot down the idea since it might rain.

## Chapter 6

Ice calls the DawnPack wolves and assigns the apprentices to a hunt since the prey pile is running low. Moon selects Willow, Pebble, and Luna for the hunt. She tells them to run back at the first sight of danger, trust their packmates, and collect as much prey as they can. After reaching a rock, the older Apprentices crouch, and Luna copies, but is told not to join since she might scare the prey.

The three waited until a buck came into view. Pebble gives instructions and he and Willow split around the rock. But Willow cracks a stick, alerting the buck. It swings its antlers into Pebble's shoulder, tearing it up. Luna leaps from the rock and kills the buck in a surprise attack. She has Willow get help, and is left watching Pebble. Worry fills Luna's thoughts as she waits for help, and tries to stir a light conversation. A bear comes out of the bushes, but upon seeing the wolves, turns and walks away.

Sage arrives and gets mad at Luna for not bringing Pebble closer. The two she-wolves haul Pebble to camp, where Luna places him in Sage's den and leaves. She gets guilty for not acting faster, and the worried glances around her don't help. Onyx appears to ask what is happening, but is brought back inside by Grey. Another hunting party is sent to bring the deer, and Luna goes to sleep, experiencing spiritless dreams.

## Chapter 7

Blaze and Luna go to practice their fighting. Her mentor gives Luna a rundown of how to attack, then steps back. Luna charges to pin Blaze down, which the red wolf dodges. After a few tries, Luna finally succeeds and forces Blaze under her paws. The two return to their previous positions as Blaze instructs Luna to attack. Soon, she gets the hang of it, and they move on to practice charges. As she is about to strike, Luna sees a blue spirit wolf inside of Blaze, and unwillingly attacks, grazing Blaze's neck enough to bleed.

In a panic, Luna apologizes, which Blaze accepts. They move towards camp, but Blaze tells Luna to stay behind, which she reluctantly does. Sage notices the wounds and talks angrily about Luna, despite Blaze's attempts to steer the conversation away. Now enraged herself, Luna heads deeper into the forest, away from camp. She settles by a willow tree and heads to sleep, where no one bothers to look for her, and the spirits ignore her dreams.

## Chapter 8

Luna enters DawnPack after the incident with Blaze. She is prevented from entering Sage's den by the Healer, or the Apprentices' den by Willow and Pebble. Tired, she sleeps outside the camp. Ice announces that another wolf will be used to watch Luna, much to her annoyance. However, Ice reminds DawnPack to be nice to Luna, as she is their packmate. With Sage away, Luna goes to the Healer's den to give Blaze a mouse. They talk for a bit, with Luna expressing her frustration, but is reassured by her mentor.

Then, while eating her mouse outside, the world warps as she blacks out. Silvershard appears to give Luna advice, motivating her. She wakes up, and is found by a confused Twilight. He tries to leave, but is given questions by Luna, and answers them as best as he can before leaving. Luna hopes to see him again.

## Chapter 9

Ice summons everyone for the gathering, and after going over the rules, DawnPack is led to join MistPack. There, Luna joins the Apprentices of both packs. She is greeted by Nova, who is nice to her. Pebble and Canyon quickly get into a disagreement, resulting in a fight, but Midnight breaks it up. It's noticed by Luna that the MistPack Beta used the help of a Spirit Wolf to point out the starter of the fight. The gathering starts, and the two Alphas introduce themselves, with Hawk delivering his pack's news first.

Nova, Canyon, and Storm get a round of applause for becoming Apprentices and True Wolves. Ice brings up Luna's Apprenticeship, but River interrupts to point out how Luna is a Lone Wolf. The topic of the river's decreasing size is mentioned, so the two agree to send wolves upstream. Luna leaves the meeting excited about what's to come.

## Chapter 11

When morning arrives, Luna enters Sage's den to get looked at. Inside, Sage screams at Luna, demanding to know why she's there. Grey comes in to explain the situation, but it only makes Sage angrier. Ice arrives to supervise Sage, and reluctantly the Healer checks Luna over. Sage notices Luna's sore throat and goes to her medicine stash to get some honey. Right before she gives it to Luna, Ice sees the floating bits of deadly nightshade, resulting in a fierce scolding.

With a fresh honeycomb, Ice watches as Sage gives it to Luna. After the incident, Luna is free to go. She joins the rest of her team for DawnPack, and they collectively go to the gathering place. At the spot, Luna recognizes River. The Alphas and Betas talk before leaving the wolves to go upstream. They set off, but it isn't long before Willow wants to hunt. There is disagreement until River eventually chases after some rabbits, and the wolves eat. The group walks for only a bit longer before Luna suddenly passes out.

Later, she wakes up, surrounded by the team. It's found out that Willow made sure they stayed, much to River's displeasure. Silently, the group moves ahead, and Luna hopes to make it through the night.