Leon wanted to cry when the wolf saw him and then tried to hide somewhere. He knew she could feel the mating bond and he could tell that she was ashamed and horrified by what had been done to her. She was also on the edge of losing her mind. "Lord Alpha I need my things before I can start treating her and helping her. I will need access to the room as well." His voice was raspy and hoarse from fear and tension.
Dan rested his hand on Leon's shoulder and gave it a light squeeze. "I will stay here with her till you get what you need. I am not comfortable with you being in there but it is your right. Just be careful and keep your shields ready. With the state of mind she is in she might hurt you without intending to. Unless you say otherwise the pups will stay here since they seem to be helping to keep her calm. If you need anything just send to me." He gave the guard a nod before he modified the wards on the door. "You can go in and out as needed. I have adjusted the wards for you."
He closed his eyes and took a slow deep breath. "Thank you Lord Alpha. I will contact you if I need anything." He had already sent to his student and informed her of what she needed to bring. First he was going to need to get her to calm down. For that he was going to need to use one of his teas. No it wouldn't last very long since all lycan's had the fast metabolism. If he could get her to calm down for even a short time it would be good for her. Right now she was cowering in a corner on the far side of the room.
Leon stepped into the room and settled down next to the door. When he came in she tried to wedge her body even further into the corner she was in. She was whining as well. Since in this form he couldn't speak to her as he could with Kitsunes he settled for just talking to her. If he could draw her back from the edge then he could start working on a link between the two of them. "Hello Amai Kokoro I am Leon and I am a Kitsune from the Silver Kitsune clan. I am very pleased to meet you. I am a healer for the clan and I would like to see if I can help you."
Even though he was sounding calm and relaxed his heart was breaking. As he had been talking he was slowly expanding his spirit to sample the emotions in the room. It was all he could do not to jerk back as he felt the spiritual miasma. He focused his talents further and dug down through the layers of emotions and feelings. Leon needed to find her center, where her soul was and sample it but that was invasive and he had to have permission. For now the best he could do was to set some trap spells that were aimed at certain aspects of her spirit. Over a period of time he would be able to build a snapshot of an image of her soul.
While he was thinking his trainee stopped outside the entrance and spoke. "I have what you requested sir. Do you want me to start with the calming tea?" She had been working with him long enough to have a pretty good idea of how he worked. One of the staff had brought over the heater and a small table for it. That was out of sight and somewhat away from the pups. They had been doing some roughhousing and she didn't want one to bump the table and get hurt.
Leon looked at her and had a contemplative look on his face. "Start with a base of that and add in some ginger root and chamomile. Plenty of honey and make it strong." That should help calm her down for at least a short time. From there he wasn't sure what he was going to do but in this case it was going to be guesses and trying different things. If all else failed he would talk to Luna and Lord Amaratsue or his mate.
The wolf was curled up in such a way that she could barely see him. Her back wasn't quite facing him but it was close. Normally to turn your back on someone as a lycan was an insult but in this case she was ashamed. Even as messed up mentally as she was when the man walked in she felt the pull of the mating bond. She was ashamed of what had been done to her. She knew that she had been corrupted and nobody would want her now. It wasn't just that he had used her but it was also what he had carved into her body.
As he was carving the runes into her skin he was gloating at how it would slowly eat at her till it had darkened her soul. Once that had happened she would turn into a true monster. She had heard stories of what happened when a wolf turned bad like that. He had also made sure to let her know that once the corruption had progressed enough he would return her to her Pack. Knowing that how could someone even attempt to get close to her?
When he had walked in she had been startled since the only one who normally came in was that odd wolf. When he talked to her she had to whine because he had such a comfortable voice. She wanted to go to him but she didn't want to hurt him. She had no idea how long it would take for her to be corrupted or how it would show when she was far enough gone. If it hit out of the blue while she was next to him she could kill him.
Since she was angled so she could just barely see him she saw a young female approach. That caused her to lift her head since she was near the pups. For a brief moment she considered growling at her but the male started talking to her she relaxed. What they were talking about she wasn't sure but it sounded like some sort of drink. If it was for her she could only hope it would take care of her issue so she could go to the pack in the sky.
When he started speaking again she had to fight the pleasure that his voice gave her. She couldn't allow the mating to happen to protect him. She was forced to whine again.
Leon was starting to feel how his voice impacted on her as he spoke to her again. "My student is making some lovely tea. I know you are in your wolf form but I think you will like it. She is making some tea for me as well so we can share a cup, or bowl, of tea together. Are you hungry? Can I get you some meat?"
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When Dan turned away from the wolf and Leon he walked out of the room and a slight grin crossed his face. The little spirit Kitsune he had been forced to discipline was in his fox form and was playing with one of the pups. Dan leaned over and scooped the boy up and rolled him on his back. That got a startled yip from him and the boy froze.