After having heard Valery's warning, Alessandro approached me.
"You must withdraw, right now," he said, anguish distorting his face. "Stephanie's Beta is going to kill you."
"Her what?"
"Something like her right hand and protector, it's terminology you'll learn later," Alessandro replied, "but what matters now is that you request the challenge to be canceled. I will explain to them that you are not on equal terms with your opponent."
Valery, who was still by our side, twisted her lips, and Alessandro noticed her expression.
"I'm afraid, sir, that's no longer possible," he said in response to Alessandro's visual question. "Ivania is also one of us, a member of our kind, and according to the Pack Laws, the duel is legal and must be honored."
I understood even less about what they were
