Chapter 30
Arik awoke on a comfortable feather bed. Xanthe smiled down at him.
“An angel brought you here.”
He bolted upright. “Where’s Dinah?”
“In the adjacent chamber.”
He scrambled out of his bed and rushed toward the door.
He made his way into the chamber, pushing his way through many doors and dangling curtains.
There he found her, with a knife in her hand. She had cut off half of her long white hair.
“Hey, no, no, hold on.” He tried to pry the knife from her hand.
“What is this?” she growled as she gestured at her white hair.
“You know how much it would cost to pay for this beautiful white hair? If you want a haircut, I’ll take you to a hair salon, okay?”
Tears streamed down her face. “Something happened to me, Arik. I’ve turned into something else.”
He put the knife away
