Riley's POV
Mateo's men contacted me later that day. Turns out Mateo'd handed the medicine off to one of his guys before he was caught. Maybe he sensed this trip was dangerous, but he still took the risk for me.
I applied the ointment with the Lycan blood to my claw wound, and it healed overnight.
The next day, the healers treated my foot using the method I'd given them. It worked perfectly. I should be fully recovered before the Hunting Season starts.
The only thing going wrong in my life right now was Ezra.
I texted him the morning after Mateo got arrested.
[Can you come over to the hospital? We need to talk.]
But he never replied.
This was the first time he'd ignored me. We'd been through rough times before. Times when he turned the whole school against me. Times when he humilia
