Chapter 171

When I received the news that Duncan had woken up from his coma, I didn’t hesitate to go see him. I didn’t expect to find my mother in his room when I arrived, talking to him alone.

“So you’re alive,” I commented, with a smile. I held out my hand to him, and we grabbed each other’s wrists firmly. “I’m glad you’re back, Duncan. Your dog is in one room and waiting for you at home; Mirko feeds him three times a day, takes him for walks. You’d better come back before I want to keep him too.”

He responded by growling low from his chest; he looked at me with his particular haughtiness.

“Thank you. They told me that Sebastian is still unwell.”

“Yes. His wounds have healed, but he remains in a coma.”

“And the doctor?”

Mom and I looked at each other. It was she who responded:

“The doctor is strong and does not lose hope. None of us does.”

Duncan nodded his head, in a disciplined and respectful gesture. He was in his human form; the burns on the