Seraphina's POV
"But what?" I asked, searching his face.
Adrian looked lost in thought for a moment, then shook his head. "That night... that night I had done something terrible and I-I... I was not in my senses, so I couldn't join the hunt. But I had sent my best men to kill the baby..."
My breath caught, but I forced myself to stay silent, to let him finish.
"Right at that moment, Ophira arrived with the moon goddess's message," he continued, his voice heavy. "She told us that since the Ashfords were the moon goddess's chosen people, the first wolves she had blessed—their bloodline was special."
"And because we had killed them, we were cursed. That was the reason why every person who had laid hands on an Ashford's blood went crazy and started a killing rampage, killing everyone in their way, whether that person was someone they knew, loved, or even cared about."
I didn't know how to react.
