I paced back and forth, my heart racing.

My hands were sweaty, and although the room was huge, it felt smaller with each step I took. Days had passed since the night of the Shifter, and as far as I knew, Dimitri and Mr. Leon had left on a rescue mission to save Mr. Sallow.

Lina explained to me about the war of the secret Order of the Minkovis, highly effective assassins. I hadn’t had any more premonitions since that night, and John avoided me as if I were the devil.

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