The Luna mother led me through the quiet corridors of her wing, her steps deliberate, her gaze distant. She dismissed her trusted maid and the beta at the door, leaving just the two of us in her new garden. Her side of the mansion looked much better from my last visit. The walls are freshly painted and the garden is now groomed with many flowering plants to restore this beauty.
I followed her in silence, the tension between us palpable. She took me to a small outhouse, our destination. Her face was calm. But I knew this wasn't a friendly meeting. She was wise and capable.
"Help me with these," she said, gesturing to the shelves of herbs that lined the room. "Some of them might be useful for Gabriel’s recovery. I heard you have cured Angela from wolfsbane before."
"I did, but Damien had
