The air in the quarantine zone was thick with tension as Karina made her rounds, checking on the infected wolves. The tranquilizer that the Silver Moon doctors had developed was working, but only for a limited time. Every so often, a wolf would grow agitated, their eyes glowing with an unnatural rage, only to be calmed by another dose of the tranquilizer.
Karina sighed as she placed her hand on the forehead of a particularly restless wolf. His breathing was uneven, and his muscles twitched with barely contained violence. "He’ll need another dose soon," she muttered to herself, making a mental note to administer it before the hour was up.
Once she had completed her rounds, she retreated to the sanctuary Derek had built for her. As much as the space felt like a refuge, she also felt the we
