Mira’s POV,“Ajax… my baby…”I patted his little cheeks but he didn’t even move his eyelids once. The healers quickly carried him to the inner chamber of the hospital, isolated from the rest of the building. Then they laid him upon white furs and placed cooling cloths against his burning skin.His small chest rose and fell, but the rhythm was still uneven as though something invisible pressed against it from within. Sobbing, I knelt beside him and took his hand between my sweaty palms.“Wake up, my boy…” I whispered, brushing damp curls from his forehead. “Mama is here.”But nothing happened.The head of the healers worked for hours with her team, chanting softly under her breath as she pressed her palms to Ajax’s tiny sternum. I felt the faint pulse of his wolf’s spiritual energy in the air, too weak to struggle beneath his skin.At last, she withdrew, her hands trembling against the corrupted magic uncontrollably.“My Luna,” she mumbled lowly, not daring to meet my eyes at first. “H
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