---- Gary looked up and saw the maid-ashen-faced, frozen. Only when his gaze landed on her did she scurry upstairs. When she came back down, she was holding a phone -but not Jane's. It was Nadia's. Jane's face went pale. Gary snatched it and demanded, "Why do you have Nadia's phone?" Karen fell to her knees, sobbing. "I'm sorry... I lied about the blood packs... but it was all Jane's idea! Please stop coming to me in my dreams, Miss Nadia... I'm sorry... I'll compensate you! I'll confess!" Jane hissed, "Have you lost your mind?! She's not here!" The next second, Gary's wolf wrapped around Jane's wolf throat. He lifted her off the ground, seething, "So the messages weren't from her. You sent them. You knew ---- she was dead." "The Lab... that's where you work, isn't it? Perfect. Jane, you will pay for what you've done." He threw her to the floor. She gasped, desperate. '"No-please-I didn't know she was dead! I just... didn't want you to go looking for her. Please, Gary, believe me..." Gary stepped over her. Cold. Silent. "To the basement," he ordered the guards. "Take her and Karen." Mrs. Black and Mr. Black followed him without a word. Not once did they look back at Jane. She screamed. "Mom! Dad! Help me-I didn't do anything!" Mrs. Black turned. Her eyes were dead. "T'll never believe you again, Jane." ---- "You're the monster. If my daughter is really dead... then I'll drag you to hell myself and bury you with her. " Jane trembled under the weight of her mother's hatred. But she forgot-how many times she had used that same hatred to poipup Nadia's name. The lab was silent when they arrived. Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Black rushed in, breathless and desperate. When they explained who they were, the lab werewolf gave them a look-cold and tinged with disgust. "So you're the clan she spoke of?" she said flatly. " We've been waiting." Her tone was like a blade, every syllable slicing deep. Mrs. Black's eyes were red. "Where is my daughter? I want to see her. Please... I just want to see her." " "She's already asleep," the werewolf replied coolly. She's in cryostasis. If you interrupt the process now,