Laila’s POV Beads of perspiration formed on my forehead as I tried desperately to use our mind-link to reach out to Brenna and Father, but to no avail. It has been hours since we consumed the potion and perhaps the magic had stopped working by now. “How are you alive,” the witch muttered in disbelief as she got up from her seat cautiously. “And you’re not even wearing a sun ring, how?” Her face paled as she noticed my fingers and instinctively, I clenched my fist and stood up to get behind Alpha Finn’s wolf. “I can explain,” I tried to say confidently but the feebleness in my voice betrayed that I had no plan, no convincing explanation. “I did die, but somehow the Moon Goddess sent me back. I swear that’s all that I know.”

