Constance I shot straight up, startled out of my dreams by a loud, infuriated cry of pain. At first, I thought it had been the remnants of Gabriel's painful screams from the dream we had shared since I didn't hear anything within the stillness of the quiet room I was in. While I blinked and slowly brought my surroundings into focus, I found I was in my usual dwelling in Obsidian's wing. Had I imagined the cry of pain? Where was Gabriel? My heart was constricting painfully, afraid he hadn't made it out of Victor's and he was hurting and all alone. Just as I started looking around the room for my belongings, another painfilled cry rent the air. I was instantly up and out of the bed--uncaring what my state of dress was--and sprinting towards the sound coming from the common room. I came to

