The festive atmosphere lasted all through the day. We ate, played games, and teased each other. By the end of Christmas dinner Aric had to carry me upstairs as I drooped over dessert.
The next day, the guys were going to meet with the former Beta to try to get some details on the sketchy events described by Barich. He was coming to the house and my dad, uncle, and Aldron were all going to sit in since it intimately concerned them. I was relieved that we might have some answers for the crazier things that had happened to me. I felt claustrophobic at the thought of being in that house when that discussion was going down, so I sought out my sister to go for a walk on the beach. Most of the others who were not involved were going on a shopping trip in the touristy part of the town, but I was
