Adelaide's POV
"These past days, I've stayed by his side, but he won't respond to anything. He's been poisoned to the point of muteness and won't let anyone near," Lance sighed.
"He goes crazy when I approach. At first, when I called him 'Cedric,' he reacted a bit, but then he became indifferent again, either continuing his fits or just spacing out. I've had people investigating, but we haven't found those who took him yet."
Hearing Lance's words deepened my sorrow.
After a long while, I slowly released Cedric, but he clutched my wrist tightly, his long nails embedding into my skin, nearly drawing blood.
The glands at the back of my neck warmed, and the scar behind Cedric's ear suddenly glowed with a silver-blue light. Two streams of cedar pheromones from the same lineage swirled in t
