Mara nodded her assent as Claude leaned forward and directed his gaze towards Demetri. "What of the assassin?"
"Neutralised," the Ancient responded brusquely, making it plain he had nothing further to say on the topic. "The Weres are working on trying to determine an antidote to the poison, but so far we are unsure of all the components used in it."
"We're really leaving it up to the wolves to find an antidote?" Lenore queried, with an incredulous note in her voice. "What's to say they will do their utmost to succeed? They are not of our kind."
"How many scientists do we have?" Alexei countered. "Perhaps we should give samples to the human scientists and let them work on it?"
"Don't be absurd, Alexei, you know that isn't what I meant." Venom dripped from Lenore's voice as she glared at
