Leah's POV
I lowered my head and saw black blood trickling down my face, dripping onto the floor. I tried to stand, but my limbs felt leaden, and my head was growing heavy.
"What... what have you done?!" I screamed, struggling to rise, only to collapse back onto the cold ground.
"It's wolfsbane, Leah..." the old king hacked, black blood spewing from his mouth as he smirked wickedly. "I hid it in my nails..."
"Father!" Lucian shifted rapidly into his human form, rushing forward to cradle the old man in his arms.
Lucas' wolf padded over to me, curling his massive, black tail around me. He was trying to hug me, but he couldn’t shift back to human until the full moon had waned.
I stretched out my arms, wrapping them around his thick neck. "Everything will be alright. I'm here to protect
