Chapter 136: The Man and the Wolf

Thelma Zane’s POV After relentless persistence, my father finally relented and gave his approval. However, his agreement was just one small victory in a series of insurmountable challenges. The next mountain to climb was my mother, who was vehemently against the idea of taking such a drastic risk. She refused to even entertain the notion until I uttered the words I had been dreading to say. “If I don’t do this, I will die.” The look on her face was heart-wrenching. She seemed utterly stricken, her eyes filling with tears almost instantly. My mother, who had always been a pillar of strength, now looked fragile and broken as she tried to grapple with the harsh truth I had laid before her. “I didn’t want to tell you this,” I admitted, the weight of my confession settling heavily in the room. “But you need to understand that we’ve tried everything. All the methods we’ve used so far have been ineffective against my mutation. Even the purification runes, when merely drawn on my skin, ar