“This all sounds a bit fanciful if you ask me.”

I turned my attention to the mayor sitting across the long conference table. Tippy’s eyes narrowed on me, her face remaining cold and stern.

“Rest assured, what I’ve told you today is the absolute truth,” I answered as I caught Kenna’s gaze. The pain and shock on her face made me want to throw my arms around her. But the way we left things last night made me hesitant.

“The humans have developed a weapon to use against shifters. They’ve wanted something like this for years, ever since the truth about our kind became public knowledge. But for the safety...