Lucius held a hand toward me. “Here, let me help you up. You look shocked.”
I took Lucius’ hand and he brought me up to my feet without any effort at all. He let go of my hand, even though I really wanted him to keep holding it.
But even without him holding it, I felt a whole lot safer now that I was in his presence. I looked in the direction Timmy had gone and said, “What was that all about? And who is Timmy?”
“I’ll tell you back in the training room,” said Lucius. “It’s not safe to stand around in the Shadow Way for too long, especially talking about the Strangers. I don’t want any of Timmy’s friends to overhear us and attack. We got lucky with Timmy, but not all Strangers are willing to walk away from prey as easily as he is.”
Lucius walked back over to the door to his training room
