Chapter Eight
THE BANG OF THE DOOR slamming open jolted me out of a deep sleep. Too groggy to react on anything but instinct, I found myself scrambling out of bed, steadying my weight against the wall as the ache in my muscles flared up at the sudden movement. I heard some sort of commotion, shouts—
And I recognized one of those voices. Dr. Berti. Which didn’t make any sense, because what would she be doing here?
After my eyes finally adjusted, I realized that it really was Berti who’d barged her way into the room, appearance uncharacteristically frazzled. A small crowd had followed on her heels, Sabinus and a deeply confused Luca among them.
Sabinus was trying to speak with Berti, keeping his voice low, but she shook him off. Moving her cane between herself and the crowd of legends al
