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“There's nothing you can do, princess.” Wendell finally showed his face as he stepped out of the shadows of the trees. The moon was the only source of light.

“What did you do to him?” I growled, feeling my blood boil at the sight of him.

“Your partner is in a trance, thanks to the potion the witches threw at you. I'm surprised it didn't knock you both out, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on you,” Wendell said, sneering. “I'm sure it has something to do with that witch, Eleanor, who raised your mother. But now Aaron has succumbed to his true nature. A wild beast!”

Aaron ran after me, trying to bite my arm with his powerful jaws, but I managed to avoid him, jumping over him. I quickly ran to the nearest tree, needing to get to a high place.

A human blocked my path, his gun pointed at me, and a witch created some kind of lasso that Cronnos avoided. "Don't shoot! Let’s make them fight," Wendell commanded his henchman. “This is a sight to behold. The alpha is about to destroy his