With Queen Victoria's help, the necessary equipment and supplies were assembled within hours. They set off for Mount Ragma at once. Lucky for them, it was only a short distance away.
As soon as they began their climb from ground level, all the wolves could feel the intense heat. It only got hotter the closer they got to the first lava pool. Queen Victoria and her wolf companion came along.
Despite the warnings of her subjects, the Alpha Queen insisted on tagging along.
Collecting the Lava Lotus proved more difficult than they had predicted. Greyson and Archer insisted on doing it in Safira's stead. But after a couple of lotuses, both of them suffered burns.
While a werewolf's natural healing speed usually healed up any surface wound quickly, the repeated burns were getting increasingly difficult to heal.
"Let me try," Queen Victoria volunteered as she rolled up her sleeves.
