With a cool, collected tone, Dimitri replies, “How are you feeling?” I managed to add, “Like as if I just got run over by a bloody rhino. My head hurts,” as a throbbing agony started to assault my head. I asked, “How long was I out?” He said, peering down at me through those unreadable eyes of his. “Just a day.” I felt every memory from yesterday come rushing back to me. I could remember every detail now. Alectryon, the shapeshifter,attacked me. A beast came to my rescue just as he was going to murder me with a slap. He was the one. And the beast was Dimitri. Now, at last, my mind remembered everything. Was he, like all monsters, also chasing me? He made a few steps toward me, and I stepped back, not sure why. Although I’ve always felt secure around him and that he couldn’t harm me, I’m not sure what to think about him now that I see him in that light. He just said that and stopped moving in my direction. He walked out, and as if on cue, Iris entered. “I know you have many questions.
