“You say he swallowed it?” Cahl automatically glanced at his uncle. Macey and I, mute as carp, stared at him in an affirmative response. The monstrous werewolf, meanwhile, had curled up in a corner of the room, completely disabled since he had ingested this curious pearl. Moreover, in the ensuing seconds which had followed this unfortunate absorption, my semi transformation had immediately evaporated. Coincidence? Surely not. “I need to consult the Swan archives. This kind of thing isn’t related to our curse. It must be about your Kitsune side.” Macey immediately grabbed him by the arm, a shocked look on her face. “What did you just say, Cahl?” The meta wolf quickly freed himself with an indecipherable expression. “You heard very well, Macey. Elizabeth isn’t mixed with a meta dog,

