After finishing my training session with Julian, I was about to leave the grounds when I spotted Aries standing nearby.
"Rex!" he called out.
So, I guess I was back to being Rex—just like that, in a matter of minutes. He said he wanted to talk. About what? After the way he behaved earlier, what was left to say?
So I came up with an excuse to avoid the conversation.
I didn’t expect him to actually follow me all the way to see his mom.
"I’ll wait till you’re done," he said just as I stepped inside Lucy’s house.
I pretended not to hear him and walked in without looking back.
Inside, I was greeted warmly by Ma and, of course, Lucy herself.
"You’re here already, dear?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah," I replied, smiling. "I thought I'd just check up and see how it’s going with the book."
"You’re s
