“How can a woman like her care for a monster like me. If only she knew the things I’ve done. I should have told her first. What if she changes her mind? What if she walks away from me?” Just like with Cassius, Phoenix’s thoughts drifted through my mind like a cool breeze. I was used to hearing Cassius in my head, phoenix was different. Cassius’s thoughts were calm and controlled, but it felt as if Phoenix was screaming them at me. I knew he didn’t know what was happening, and I wanted to explain it to him, but what did he mean by he should have told me? What could he possibly have done to make him think I’d ever turn him away? Surly it couldn’t be that bad. Yeah, Phoenix was three hundred, I would never expect him to never have made a mistake in that amount of time. Or even make a few ba

