Chapter 77. Ella Is the Mutual Enemy

Morgana leaned back in the high-backed chair, her lips curling into a triumphant smirk. The dim light from the chandelier cast sharp shadows on her face.

“It worked,” she said, her voice filled with satisfaction. “Never thought hypnosis would work on her.”

Sebastian placed the small vial of blood back on the desk, his expression calm but quietly smug. “I think it was possible with her blood,” he replied, gesturing to the faint remnants of blood inside the glass. “Without that drop, this wouldn’t have worked.”

Morgana’s gaze flicked to the vial. She remembered the struggle of acquiring that single drop, a detail she preferred not to dwell on now that the plan had succeeded.

“Still,” Sebastian continued, “it was a gamble. Hypnosis usually fails on werewolves, but with a bit of science and the supernatural combined, it worked like a charm.”

Morgana laughed lightly, her tone dripping with sarcasm. “So the mighty mate of Valen isn’t so untouchable. Guess she