Chapter 48

"Lia?"

"Yes?"

"I used to have dreams of a beast chasing me. Who was it?"

"You already know the answer, Hazel."

"Miss Luthian," I supplied. It wasn’t a guess this time. I was right. I knew I was right. But the fact that I was certain of what I’d said didn’t quell the shock that ran through me. So that beast was Mama Lia’s wolf. So all this time, I was indirectly being informed of things? Events had been revealing themselves to me, and I did not know it.

Now, I felt hugely disappointed that Mama Lia had kept me in the dark, refusing to let me in on anything that was fated to happen or that had happened. I deserved to know, didn’t I? Let me agree and also understand that I probably wasn’t meant to know until the time was right, but a little heads-up wouldn’t have hurt anyone, especially me. On the contrary, it would’ve helped me.

"Yes, Miss Luthian."

"But I never saw you on her back. I mean, the vision I just had—was that even a vision? I don’t