“Here let me help you up.” He said, putting his hand out for me to take, but I pulled myself up alone. I was not touching this monster.
“My apologies, beautiful. No one of your stature should be treated in such a manner. Don’t worry, he will be punished. You can call me Dominic.”
“You said if I turned myself in you would let them go.”
He smiled at me and looked me up and down before sitting back down.
“In time, my little Phoenix. But I do not sense a Phoenix. Which either means you have yet to get your phoenix or you are not who I think you to be.”
I didn’t respond and tried to keep my face as neutral as possible.
“I guess it’s that you haven’t gotten your phoenix yet but somebody in your home has shifted. We all felt the power. For years people thought I was crazy maintaining
