***Serena*** "We are nearing the perimeter. It is going to make you feel ill, but it should lessen the further in that we get. You should feel fine after a while, once we get to their pack house. But the fact you cannot shift is a bit problematic," Valmir says. He has relented and allowed me to sit in the passenger seat. "Why would it make us feel sick?" I ask. "You, not us. I am impervious to the effects of what they've put around the perimeter," he replies. "Which is...?" "A radioactive material. Even if you hadn't lost your wolf for a time, it would prevent you from shifting. It is remarkable. It will force a Lycan to shift back to human form and quickly make the human form weak, ill and unable to shift back. The radiation affects the human cells and the only way to repair them is

