"Your Majesty!" Tala gasps. "What are you—?"
"I apologize for interfering, my dear." Queen Caz says, her voice calm but Tala can tell the underlying tension. "I had to stop your wolf because I am afraid somehow the bond is not yet completely broken…and something is very wrong." Queen Caz shows everyone her hand which is currently bleeding in the exact spot where Wolfe has struck Ares with the pointed stick. Even her forehead is now bruised and starting to become swollen.
"Oh, Mother! How can it be!?" Tamina cries.
And yet while Ares was scr€aming from the pain, the Queen had not even uttered a word.
Camilla describes it to Tala who frowns in confusion.
"I don't…understand…" Tala whispers.
"I don't think anybody does." The half-witch says, her tone anxious. "Are you in pain, my Quee
