Chapter 39

Still, Jake continued, “All wolves need a mate, or they’ll just go crazy, raping and eating creatures. That was the big bad wolf’s problem in Red Riding Hood.”

“He had more problems than that.”

“But a mate would have helped.”

“The ban is lifted.”

“Good. Now Aidan can stop trying to hump my patient.”

“But his eyes turned bronze.”

“Not a problem. His wolf is trying to bond with the witch.”

“That can’t happen.”

“You can’t control mating. I told you that when you came up with that stupid rule.” Jake walked over to the witch and stared. “At least she’s doing much better. She should be awake in less than three days. Someone hit her with a dark curse. I spent half of the day siphoning it out of her and then realized that her body was burning it away all on its own.”

“She’s that powerful?”

“Yes.”

“Still unconscious?”

“Pretty much. Her body will need to regenerate too. The curse was liquefying her organs. Once she burns this away, she’ll regenerate.”

“And if we kill the witches that put the cu