One of the days Ruby dreads comes, and she stands side by side with Ryder for the truth ritual. Together, she picks up the serum and drinks it. He also does the same, and the two of them wait for it to take effect.
Ruby is not sure how it works, so she decides to confess something else. She reveals to him how she has kept her wolflessness a secret and how she managed to gain it with him at the river.
Ryder stares at her, amused by the fact that he had helped her. Although he once had a suspicion, when her wounds healed afterward, he couldn’t doubt it.
However, he soon wonders how her wounds got healed then, if she does not have a wolf.
“How did you heal then?” he asks, his eyes searching through hers.
Ruby does not understand for a second, but it hits her, and she almost covers her mo
