The arrival of Sonnia at Emeric's residence was entirely unexpected, but even more so was the fact that, after trying to explain to me that she had been talking to Alessandro and attempting to prevent bloodshed, she had bowed before me and asserted that she was my Beta. What was that all about? Although I didn't understand what the young woman was trying to tell me, in reality, that was the least of my problems because it didn't take long before we heard a loud sound, similar to a tornado, in the vicinity of the house.
"What's that? What's happening?" I asked, distressed.
"I didn't think it was so close, ma'am," Sonnia replied as she walked to the large windows of the room and lifted the blackout curtains. "Maybe I miscalculated the timing, and the alarm sounded much earlier."
"What are
