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I shook my head and placed a soft kiss on her lips.
“My princess,” I said softly. “You need to stop. You are hurting yourself.”
Maddie nodded and buried her face into my neck. She took a deep, slow breath and I could feel her relaxing. I placed my hand on the back of her head and held her close to me.
“Maybe Oliver’s idea isn’t a bad one,” Will mumbled and I looked at him. “She is obviously having trouble controlling it.”
I growled and narrowed my eyes at him.
“I need to be able to mind-link her, Will,” I said. “I need Skye to be able to talk to her.”
What if I wasn’t with her and something happened? What if Skye wouldn’t be able to let Skol know what was going on with her? My princess had a bad habit of not telling me everything I needed to know. She had a bad habit of thinking that she was protecting me by hiding things from me. That was another thing I needed to talk to her about. She had to stop doing it. She had to be completely honest with me. But until she learned how to do that, Skye was my way of making sure that my princess was okay.
But Will was right. She was having trouble and it was only hurting her.
“She is never alone, Dimitri,” Will said. “One of us is always with her. You would always be able to reach her and you would always know where she is.”
I tightened my hold on her. I wasn’t sure. I still wasn’t fucking sure.
“Oliver said that the side effects were only a possibility,” Ellie said. “Maybe she won’t have them. She could try to take it and see. The effect of the plant should wear off after a while.”
“She will probably have the side effects,” Ali said quietly, making Will, Ellie, and me look at her.
Maddie lifted her head and looked at her as well.
Ali looked at me and I could tell that she was very nervous. I tried to soften my gaze. I knew I didn’t make the best first impression on her and I didn’t want her to think that I didn’t like her. She was important to both Maddie and Will and that made her important to me too.
“How do you know that, baby?” Will asked as he ran his fingers through her hair.
She looked at him and took a deep breath.
“Because I believe that I know what plant Oliver was talking about,” she said. “It’s wolfsbane and it would surely block her mind-link and her connection with her wolf.”
My eyes widened and a feral growl escaped me.
“Wolfsbane?!” I screamed. “He wants to give her fucking wolfsbane?!”
I wanted to get up and go find the fucker, but Maddie stopped me.
“Not in the amount that would harm me in any way, Dimitri,” Maddie said calmly. “He is going to use small amounts and mix it with other plants.”
I furrowed my brows and shook my head.
“How do you know that, Maddie?” I asked.
“Because he used it to help my mom,” she said calmly. “Healers use wolfsbane in a lot of their potions. It is not dangerous in small amounts.”
“She is right,” Ali added and I looked back at her. “Oliver will probably make a tea with a mixture of different herbs, one of which will be wolfsbane.”
I clenched my fists and gulped.
“But you are sure she will have those side effects?” I asked and Ali gave me a small nod.
“I am sure that Oliver didn’t say anything because he didn’t want to scare you,” she said. “But even a small amount of wolfsbane would cause her to lose the ability to mind-link and talk to her wolf.”
I tightened my jaw and forced myself to remain calm. I couldn’t let the fear and the anger overwhelm me. I couldn’t give Maddie a reason to use her powers. I was sure that she would do it if she felt me get angry or afraid.
“Are you sure that he would use wolfsbane?” Ellie asked. “Maybe he was talking about another plant.”
