Topaz frowned at Ruby for a second, unsure exactly what she was asking. A sleeping draught wouldn't prevent the change from taking place; that would have been far too easy. Topaz wasn't sure if it was possible for it to impact the wolf on the other side of the transformation, but she assumed someone must have tried it already and if it worked, they would have known.

"It couldn't hurt," she allowed. "But we shouldn't count on it helping. We should prepare for the worst. Just in case."

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