Tales of Desire
"Wolfsbane, mostly, mixed with nightshade and valerian to hide the taste. She put it in your tea, your food, anything you took from her hand. Small doses, steady over months, just enough to keep your wolf buried and your scent weak. She told everyone it was medicine to help you grieve, to calm your nerves after what you'd been through. The elders believed her. I believed her."
Every memory of her gentle smiles and careful cups of chamomile flashed through my mind. I felt sick. "She did that to her own sister."
Talim's jaw clenched. "She did it to protect what she thought was hers. Me. The title. The power. And when you started responding to me anyway, even through the poison, she doubled dow