Chapter 18: A Mother's Poison
(Cassandra's POV)
The suffocating weight of silence filled the car after I spoke those words.
Moonshade Poison.
The knowledge hung heavily in the air, chilling each wolf in the car. Elder Marcus, seated in the back with me, gasped softly, his aged features tightening with disbelief. He pinched the bridge of his nose as if attempting to reassemble his thoughts.
"Impossible," he murmured, his voice barely audible. "That poison was eradicated centuries ago. It hasn't been seen since the first wolf wars."
It was Alexander who broke the silence next. His voice was gravelly and low, thick with tightly controlled anger. "And somehow, someone decided to use it now. Against your grandmother."
His silver eyes found mine through the rearview mirror, steady
