Aries’s POV “I don’t give a damn what you think!” I lost my temper with the head of the council. He had been pushing and pushing to see Valerie and was actually demanding to know what was going on with her, but I didn’t even know myself. How the hell was I supposed to tell him?! Storming into the library, I expected the witch to give me an answer to all of this but her hands were shaking while she paged through the books in front of her. “I’m …” I pulled my fingers through my hair and took a deep breath. It wasn’t her fault that this happened to us. It was my fault. “I’m sorry. We just need answers.” I sighed. “I need answers. If we can’t solve what’s happening to Valerie and Dawn for that matter, we could … We could lose them both. I could lose them both.” It was just too much to deal

