Marsha's voice was sorrowful, heavy with the weight of ancient knowledge and bitter truth, as she responded, 'This is beyond me, Sera. Take her to the shaman.'
Seraphine stood up instantly from the floor in the woods, her legs steady despite the trembling in her heart, pure urgency flooding every vein, and ordered Kael, her voice sharp with command that left no room for delay.
"Bring her. Fast."
Kael stood up with Jasmine in his arms and began to run after Seraphine, his feet pounding against the earth, his breath coming in short, ragged gasps of desperation.
She mindlinked Oriana to meet her at the hospital with Callum, Doctor Finn, and all the best doctors at the Grimroot pack, her thoughts racing faster than her feet could carry her, every second a precious race against time.
