Mate At The End Of The World
"And if it happens again?"
Sebastian did not answer. His gaze returned to Darian, who was staring at his empty hands. In nine centuries he had watched kingdoms fall and supernatural beings survive wars, curses, and transformations once thought impossible, and he had never met anything like this. He turned to the physician. "Don't let anyone experiment on him in the name of answers. He is a man, not a specimen." Then to Darian: "We'll find out what happened."
He could not promise the wolf would come back, or even that they would find the cause. But he could promise they would not stop looking.