A Woman's Trouble
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 15597
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"Didn't you know?! There are no male werewolves. Men are immune. Though
the Thothmes Society may be hoping to change that," the red-haired woman
they'd come to known as Irene said. "How can that be?" Natalia asked. "Well, let's just say that it has to do with certain aspects of femininity that are tied to the moon too." Natalia snorted and went out and said it rather frankly. "You mean menstruation?" "Exactly. Upon being Blessed, it becomes tied quite closely to your hormones after about a full month has passed. Menstruation, PMS, arousal, it all has the potential to draw out the wolf, in addition to the normal lunar cycle." Natalia looked to Anastasia incredulously. "You knew?" Anastasia nodded. "Why didn't you tell me?" "It didn't seem important." Natalia looked slightly worried at this new twist in her condition as Irene pulled off the highway and started driving through the woods. Professor Henry Stanton stands in the office of a man in a greek mask, a man he knows to represent the Arcana of the Magus in the Council of 22. He holds in his hand a small vial stoppered with a cork. The man addresses him. "Your failures are most disturbing, Stanton. What have you to show me this time?" "We may no longer need them, Magus" The man crosses his arms incredulously, and cocking his head speaks. "This vial here contains a notable amount of the witch's blood, who as you know, was infected. I have subjected it to an alchemical treatment to preserve it. We should be able to work off of this." "Do you have an intended subject?" "Zelator Rose Flaherty, one of my students, has volunteered to take the injection. We should see if it worked tonight..." A long drive through the woods of New York State deposited Anastasia and Natalia on the grounds of what could only be considered a mansion, appointed in a late colonial style. Irene pulled the car up and they got out. "We're going to have one of ours test both of you, just to make sure you're safe," Irene said. "Sounds reasonable," Natalia said as Anastasia nodded agreeably. With that, they were led into a room that looked roughly one-half clinic and one-half curiosity shop. Mundane bandages and pill-bottles shared shelf space with urns, candles, and incense. A pigtailed girl who looked in her mid-teens sat in the midst of it. "This is Erin. She'll see to the both of you. Erin, these are the two we were told about." With a nod and a brief smile, Erin set to work. The testing was exhaustive, but understandably so, considering who they were up against. It involved small portions of their blood and hair, and when it was done, Irene came back in. "So, what's the story, Erin?" "Well, they weren't tracked, which is odd. Most of the other stuff we predicted, though, like the fact that Anastasia recently passed on the Blessing. What disturbs me, though, is according to this, so has Natalia..."
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