Chapter 0746

Matt nodded stiffly. "I know. I tried telling him that neither of us would ever do something like that, but... I don't know. There was something in his eyes. Something... unnatural."

My father and I looked at each other, blinking with confusion. Something unnatural?

"What do you mean, son?" my father asked.

Matt shrugged. "I can't really describe it. He just looked feral or something,"

"Feral..." My father ran a hand through his hair again and glanced over at the curtain behind which Enzo still lay fast asleep. I wracked my brain to think of reasons, but then it hit me.

"When we were trapped in Mila's palace," I said, "she made him fight a bear shifter. He said that that shifter looked feral, too. Like it had been="

"Poisoned," my father interrupted.

a tense silence as realization dawned on the three of us. "Do you think that's what happened to him?" I asked, looking up at my dad. "That the same gasses that turned

a possibility," he said. "But he's been out of there for weeks now, and he was only

had been affected by the

and I had all been in there, too. And we were all

But for now, let's let everyone rest." He released the curtain and Matt's face disappeared from view. "Come, Nina. Let's get you to

my head, already taking a step toward Enzo's bunk. "I'll

father knit his eyebrows together.

firmly. "He won't hurt me.

a moment, my father opened his mouth to say something, probably to protest. But then, clearly thinking better of it, he nodded. “Alright. But leave his

the

curtain behind me, I drew in a shuddering breath. He lay motionless on the bed, his chest wrapped up in a large

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