"I don't know," I said. "I guess I heard somebody talking about it when I was in the dungeon?" He shook his head slightly, frowning like he was disappointed. "So what did you hear? What do you know about them?" I threw my hands into the air with a sigh. "You know what? I didn't ask so you could interrogate me. If I knew anything about them, I wouldn't have asked you." I brushed past him, but he was too quick, grabbing me by the arm and turning me in place. His eyes narrowed. "You're talking about what happened back there after Stride chose you at the Full Moon Games? How he ended up injured?" I could almost hear Stride threatening me, snarling at me, telling me there was no means of escape. That I was going to be his whether I liked it or not. My heart started pounding the way it

