Chapter 411

Avery’s POV

The meeting was held in Sebastian’s office, which overlooked the pack grounds below. It was a bright, sunny day, just as it had been all week. In the gardens below, I could see Bjorn giving Colt the runaround, tiring the poor Beta out with a game of tag. Under different circumstances, I might have smiled at the sight.

Today, I couldn’t look at it.

Aldric sat in one of the armchairs in front of Sebastian’s desk, with Gideon seated next to him. Sebastian had offered me his desk chair, but I couldn’t sit, so he took it while I paced.

In the middle of the room stood a pack healer. She stared at the floor and wrung her hands, having just informed us of the bad news. The very same news that Aldric had arrived with this morning.

The children were not responding to the Lycan Root treatment.

In fact, their condition had worsened.

Thankfully, we knew one thing for certain: the healer said that the children’s conditions had worsened in typical pattern for their illness. It wasn’t the Lycan Root that was making them worse. But it wasn’t doing anything to help them, either. Not even a little.

Aldric was looking at me now like I had betrayed him.

so certain your

“I was.”

it might be in my pack’s best interests if I were to pull

gaze up to

asked. “After just one failed

These children are getting sicker. I’m not blaming you, but clearly I

it also pained me greatly to think about kids suffering when I had special DNA in my

was looking at me like he

are you thinking?” he asked

just…” I ran a hand through my hair and

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your medicine

potent, more catered to the needs

for a long moment, then looked at Gideon. Gideon hesitated. His eyes shot

he knew just how knowledgeable I was with plants. He

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