Amara I was feeling overwhelmed with anxiety, my heart pounding in my chest, as I thought about Ellen’s menacing presence looming over me—and now I find myself consumed by an overwhelming sense of anxiety, my mind fixated on the perils that lurk in the shadows. Again and again. “You must accompany me, or else face the immediate consequence of your life being extinguished!” I was approached by a man, his eyes filled with rage and his fists clenched tightly. He lunged at me, his ferocity resembling that of a wild wolf. In a breathtaking metamorphosis, he sheds his otherworldly guise and assumes the captivating visage of a human. It is in this moment of revelation that I am struck with the realization that he is none other than one of Lucius’ formidable warriors. “Back off or face the wra