After checking on Lucian, William looked puzzled.

“You’re sure he couldn’t stand before?”

Noah immediately answered, “Yeah! Not just Lucian—Hope, Sylvia, and I all suddenly felt our legs go completely numb and aching. We couldn’t even stand up.”

Sylvia nodded quickly. “Right. We were kneeling and the pain was unbearable for a while. After that, we couldn’t feel our legs at all. Every time we tried to stand, it hurt like crazy, and then our thighs started going numb too.”

Just remembering what happened that night made both siblings turn pale.

William narrowed his eyes, deep in thought. After a long moment, he spoke.

“It has to be Hope. She...