Leander woke up the next morning and the first thing that came to his mind was the incident with the snake that had occurred at Devara's estate. He got up from his bed and rushed into the shower, the reminder of the events from yesterday making him feel like he ought to wash in a hurry. He adjusted the setting on the shower head to a warm, almost scalding spray. The spray did not work as much as he had anticipated, and his only option was to get to the training center and work the remainder of the snakes out of his memories. “She is the devil's spawn. Who laughs at a person's phobia? Devara does. I just don't understand. Does she mean that I can't be scared of snakes just because I am an Alpha? Even humans fear rats, and yet, my ophidiophobia seems like a complete joke to her”, Leander

