EMILIA'S POV

Emilia was having nightmares again, but this time it was even more vivid and horrid than the last one. She dreamt that she was back in the meeting room, with Raymond and all the Council members staring at her with glazed eyes. Elder Elias stood and walked towards her again the way it had happened in real life, but this time he was half-wolf, his fangs bared in a snarl and his claws extended.

She wanted to move, to shout, to do anything, but she stood rooted to the spot like a marble statue. Her eyes darted to Raymond and she saw that his eyes were just as...