Jeremy's POVThe knock came just after dawn.I was already up, pacing. Sleep hadn’t come—couldn’t, not with everything Skylar had said still clanging around in my skull like broken glass in a jar. I opened the door expecting Alex, maybe one of the night guards.It was Erin.She looked pale, nervous. “Alpha… you should check the cell.”I was moving before she finished the sentence.The corridor was colder than usual. Something in the air had shifted, something wrong. My boots echoed down the hallway like warning shots. When I reached the cell, Lisa was standing in the corner, tense, arms folded tightly across her chest. The tray of food lay overturned at her feet, its contents scattered.“What happened?” I asked.She didn’t look at me right away. “You tell me.”I glanced at the mess, then to her. “Did someone—”“Skylar,” she said. “She brought the food. It smelled… off.”I frowned. “Off how?”Lisa’s eyes narrowed. “Like nightshade. Or wolfsbane.”I stepped back, jaw tightening. “You su
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