chapter 99

“Bailey and I won’t change. We’ll remain here, under guard, at Aconitum Hall,” Nathan declares, and my heart sinks. I’ve gotten to be in my werewolf form once. Just one time. I was looking forward to transforming again.

But Nathan’s right and I can pout about it later. We will be more vulnerable in a dark forest with potential traitors.

“That will keep the two of you safe, but what about the rest of the pack?” Hannah argues. “Two werewolves have failed in their attempts to kill you, the objects of the thralls’ spells. The thralls know about it. So, who’s to say that they’ll even allow us to turn? We’re interfering in something they thought they’d kept secret. They could easily poison us, trap us, do anything to us when we set foot on that ceremonial ground.”

“If all of us stayed home, they’d get suspicious,” Ryan says. “Maybe they’d believe we were against them.”

“Aren’t we?” I ask. “They’re working magic on us against our will, without our knowledge or consent. They’re working agains