IVA My heart raced so hard it felt like it would fall out of my chest as I looked at Lev. About an hour ago, Lev had flipped my world upside down with news of my baby's attempted poisoning. And as if that had not been enough, Nik was implicated, Nik whom I had not even known was in Burmington. Lev said he learned about Nik's presence from Dad last night and would have informed me in the morning when I woke up. But there had been no time for that, as he had been awoken by Akari’s mind-link just as he attempted to sleep after the phone call. Akari had just breathed, like he had the night Lev told me he was a werewolf. Lev had gotten up and called our parents to find out if everything was all right. It was then that he felt that Eryx, too, was anxious. Upon calling Mom, he learned abou

