Hendri

r and Fawn out to the open-air restaurant attached to the sanctuary and order

her short legs happily, while Jamir kept his he

atio hedge to the street across the way, where a b

left; he was sitting inside that

ince silver is deadly poison to our kind and never touches a were

imentary wooden bowl of mixed gre

a'am. It's tossed with crushed moo

my knife froze mid-air, and th

ilver herb-a weakness that had been kept under st

said quickly, shoving the bowl toward

r arm in a tailored black sleeve reached down from be

wering over our table, his dark g

Hoo

reet, I hadn't taken my eyes of

ht the waiter mentioning moonsilver herb, and I watched Me

. Kayla was deathly allergic to moonsilver herb-a

oss the asphalt, stepped onto the patio

ly?" I asked, handing the bowl back to t

second before her voice

law? Plenty of wolves

mpty chair across from her and sitting down. "Ju

ng his small body between me and his

ing here? Stay a

lood roared in my ears, every instinct in my b

my voice to soften as much

to say hello,

is Jamir!" he barked back, cr

ut with half her face showing, her big wat

lollipop wrapped in clear foil, holding it out toward her. As I offered the ca

r mask hiding everything except the sudden stiffening of he

t." Her eyes narrowed to slits over the mask, and the ti

little p

er, and then slowly reached her tiny han

he stick, I brushed my palm gently o

iced flick of my thumb and forefinger, I plucked a single

ed Fawn back against her chest,

id you

d, rising from the chair and looking d

toward my car to get the truth once and for all. Behind me, I heard Melly's brea