13-Thorne POV
I woke with throbbing in my neck, the pain shot down my arms and nearly choked me. I could hardly breathe.
Mate. Xeros said.
I wasn't sure how long it would be before the foxglove worked its way out, but sensing Brooklyn in trouble seemed to speed his return to me.
We need to get to mate. Shes hurt.
Talia had returned in the morning with the antidote and the tome, but I didn't feel as if Brooke's injury was foxglove related. It felt darker...more sinister somehow. I hadn't even had time to take the antidote or open the tome before the pain started. Glancing down at my hand, I saw black sludge moving through my veins.
"What did they do to Brooke?" I demanded, trying to force Talia to give me answers.
She came to the gate, her hair swept up in a pony tail as she was d
