Emerald stared at the man in front of her. He felt strangely familiar, as if she had met him before—but her instincts screamed that he was dangerous.

Her first thought upon waking up was to escape.

She felt less uneasy with Alaric by her side, so she mustered the courage to ask, "Do you two know each other? Did you save me?"

Alaric shot Griffin a cold, piercing look and asked in a deep voice, "I'm curious too. Were you the one who saved Teacher Greene?"

What was Griffin getting at? Why had he been there in the first place?

"It was you who saved yourself," Griffin replied. "You were...