Rejected and Now Craved
Meanwhile, an old werewolf with a full head of gray hair was crouched by the fire, brewing a pot of foul-smelling potion.
"You're awake."
He glanced back at me as he spoke, his gaze sharp through the haze.
I remembered him. He was Kyle Sterling. Decades ago, he had been the pack's First Elder before the council branded him a heretic and cast him out for secretly studying the Art of Essence.
"Drink this," he ordered as he handed me a bowl of thick, black liquid.
Without hesitation, I took it and downed it in one gulp.
The bitter potion slid down my throat, and a faint warmth began to mend my shattered soul.