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I returned to Wolfsbane Manor and realized, although I had meant to give the vial to Iain—and as far as I could smell, he was still alone there—I had one small problem: I didn’t have opposable thumbs, and all the doors were closed and likely locked. So I did the next best thing—I went around to the side door by the kitchen and rang the doorbell with my long nose. I heard Iain pad through the kitchen and pause by the window by the sink. I knew I had told him to be careful, but I hadn’t counted on it working against me. The door opened. He looked down, and his eyes widened in surprise.
“Well, hello there,” he crooned. “What’s a pretty girl doggie like you doing here?”
I carefully placed the vial on the mat and sat on my haunches.
“What’s this, then?”
It’s a sample of the serum, i***t
