Kade’s POV I gently wrapped Nora in the blanket, making sure her clothes were in place before I held her close and leaped from the window. The cold night air was a shock, a swift jolt of clarity. I landed in the shadows of the banquet hall's side wall, my eyes scanning the chaos inside. My heart seized at the sight. Screams tore through the air. Familiar faces fell one after another, their limbs twitching, eyes rolling back in their heads. Strangers, wolves I’d never seen before, blocked any escape, violently shoving students back into the center of the hall. Some tried to shift, only to fall to the floor in agony, their bodies convulsing in a torrent of pain as the transformation was violently reversed. —Wolfsbane. The realization hit me instantly. It was the one poison all werewolv

