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Cathy's senses were more developed than I thought, and before Lissandra could get close enough, my mate rushed towards Lissandra, and, taking advantage of the fact that she was weak, snatched the silver blade from her and unsheathed it.

"You poisoned me with aconite, made my life miserable, and killed my best friend," Cathy said. "Someone like you doesn't deserve to live."

"Cathy, no!" I said, approaching her slowly. "You're not a murderer."

As the poison had spread to Lissandra's feet, she had inhaled most of it, irritating her throat and nose so much that blood began to come from them.

"Kill me," Lissandra difficulty said. "Kill me so you can be free because if you don't. I will haunt you to the end of my days and kill you in your sleep as I did to your filthy mother."

I felt something inside Cathy snap as she heard her words. She tightened her grip and slammed it into the ground next to Lissandra's head. "I'm not like you, and killing you would be distasteful to me," Cathy replied, turning her back and walking towards me.

"You did the right thing," I said, taking her in my arms

I don't know what you did, but the enemy is retreating,Sebastian communicated with me.

Don't let them escape,I commanded.

Sebastian and Andrew stayed with the rest of the men to apprehend those who had been poisoned by the aconite, including Lissandra, Linda, and Alston.

***

A week before the wedding, Cathy had finished her treatment, but some of the side effects still lingered. The doctor told us that this was normal and would soon pass.

Without warning, a member of the council arrived at the mansion, and my father let him in immediately.

This man was a very old shapeshifter. He may even have been the oldest of them all. He wore a black suit with a gold wolf's head ornament on his magenta tie. His eyes were blue, almost white, he was very wrinkled, his hair was gray, and he walked a little hunched over.

At the sight of him, Cathy stood up, ready to leave.

"Stay, Mrs. Sith. I need to talk to everyone, including you," he said in a raspy voice.

Cathy looked at me with wide eyes like saucers, and I shrugged my shoulders.

My mother stood next to my father, Sebastian, on his right side, and Cathy and I stood on the left side so that we were all facing the council representative.

"I came personally to bring you updates," the old man continued. "The prisoners sent to us were interrogated, and we made investigations. And they were found guilty of murdering Cathy's mother, Morgan, Nicholas Sith, and countless innocents. Moreover, after a... rigorous interrogation, we found out that Linda Sith was not Nicholas' legitimate daughter. It was all arranged by Lissandra to keep the power, so legally, Cathy Sith is the heir to the Night Pack."

Cathy sat back in the chair, and her gaze was lost in nothingness. She was speechless, as were we all.

"That means..." I started to say.

"That upon marriage, you will unite the territories, and these will become part of the domains of the Night Pack," the council finished the phrase for me.

Chapter 29 Cathy

It was two days before the wedding, and the symptoms had not gone away. Eric said it was due to the news we had received from the council, but deep down, I knew it was something else.

I gained weight, my hips got a little wider, and the cravings for sushi were more persistent. To get rid of my doubts, I asked Dr. Dawn to test my blood, but this time not for aconite.

As I waited for the results, I was impatient. Eric was finalizing the details of our trip to my father's former territory to reclaim all that belonged to us and establish a base of operations run by Sebastian.

"Here are the results." Dr. Dawn handed me a small folded sheet of paper.

The doctor was hard to read. He always had a neutral expression which made me more desperate in a situation like that.

"Thank you very much," I said and went across the hall in search of Eric to read the results together.

I found him alone in his father's office, and when he saw me, he hung up his cell phone.