C27 Nothing you need to know

DEXTER

"The king and the girl are in stable condition," the doctor said after twelve hours of work.

I sat in his office with my head bowed. "What happened?" I asked with a gritty tone. "Tell me what happened to them."

I tasted the doctor's fear in the air as he tried to coherently articulate his answer. "Wolfsbane," he muttered, and I stiffened