Lycan Court - Morning
I woke to Lyra standing beside my bed.
"Don't scream," she said quickly. "The guards let me in. Well, after I convinced them I was here to check on your poison situation."
I sat up slowly, my body aching. “Lyra—”
"You look worse than yesterday,” she said, already taking medical tools from her bag. “Let me see the wound.”
I lifted my nightgown. When she removed the bandages, her face turned pale.
“Oh, Selene.”
"That bad?"
"The wound is actually getting larger. The poison is eating away at healthy tissue." Her hands trembled slightly as she examined it. "Shadow's Bane is ancient. I've only read about it in very old books. The Shadow Wolves created an antidote, but the knowledge was lost when they were killed."
"Elara mentioned that. She also said something abou
