The Herbary was filled with poisoned pack members lying in rows, their faces darkening, their breathing shallow, and their wolves already grown perilously faint.
I began mixing the antidote at once and worked through the night to treat them.
For two full days and two full nights, I did not close my eyes. In the end, every poisoned pack member was brought back.
On the morning of the third day, I packed my things and prepared to leave.
Sophia was waiting for me at the pack entrance.
Her face was pale, exhaustion lingering in her eyes.
"The Elder Circle has approved the petition to dissolve the mate bond between Kael and me. I will leave the Shadowfang Pack tomorrow and go north to the Icewind Pack."
I nodded. "Good luck."
She looked at me as though she wanted to say something more, b
