I sat by her beside listening to the slow rhythmic beep of the monitor next to her. I held her small hand in mine. I should not have let her do it. Felix was going to be fine. He would have healed in two days. He hasn’t come in here with her, but he also hasn’t left his post outside her room since. We slaughtered the 4 wolves that held the girls hostage. I had been right and the one with the gift had been camouflaged. He was the one who had attacked Felix. They had managed to remove the girls a few hours northeast of the pack’s territory towards White Moon but had made the mistake of stopping. Luckily, the wolfsbane that they had given to Felix, Lily and Azalea was not a strong dose. When we returned, Lily was immediately checked by my uncle and both she and the pup were okay. I could