Alanna was stunned. The potion that could put a werewolf to sleep for hours had only kept him down for a few minutes! "Quinn? I..." Her voice faltered as her knees threatened to give way. Quinn grabbed her arm and tilted her chin up with his other hand. "Ms. Alanna, do you have any idea how you're going to explain what just happened?" Alanna, soaked through in mist and blood trickling down her forehead, looked bewildered and lost. But she paid no mind to her disheveled state, instead pulling Quinn into a blind spot. Was she protecting his identity? Quinn was surprised, his initial fury subsiding. As looking up at him, Alanna's eyes pleaded. "Can we leave first? Your identity can't be exposed here. I'll explain everything to you; I promise!" Quinn's deep blue eyes remained icy. He

