VALERIA After making the boldest agreement of my life , Aldric left and asked the innkeeper to prepare a hot bath . I appreciated the gesture and sank into the soothing water up to my neck , alone in the room , sighing in relief . I didn't want to think about anything , but as I raised the hand where I had been burned by that strange stone , I realized it was almost fully healed . I touched my neck too no pain . All my wounds and bruises were healing fast , faster than ever before , except for the most serious and old scars . It was the power of the Lycan , I knew it well . I also remembered all the strange things I had experienced . My memories of the specter attack were hazy , but one thing was certain I faced it, and I even think it feared me . What am I , really ? No one can

