Susan's POV
"What do we do?" Serafine said, her voice shaking.
"We stop him. But first, we have to find out just how far his influence goes. And we need to do it fast."
Serafine's face was a picture of shock and confusion as the weight of my words settled in.
I had barely wrapped my head around the full implications of it myself, much less Lucian using her as a conduit for his dark magic this whole time-manipulating her power, influencing her decisions.
It made so much sense, yet at the same time, it put us in a terrifyingly vulnerable position.
She's too weak to defend herself, too uncertain about her own magic. And now the pack was still reeling from the mysterious illness; we didn't have the time to sort this out.
We needed answers, and we need them now. But Serafine… She's torn.
