It was a full moon the next day and your mother was already prepared to have her self-bitten by me. I almost didn't go ahead with it but she urged me to try and when it fails then we know it failed.

We got to the woods and when the full moon was at its peak, I shifted into my wolf and bit her wrist, transferring the poison into her blood. Nothing happened at the time and we were all disappointed but we were pretty lucky your mother didn't die. We bandaged her wrist and led her ...