Familiar Stranger

"You’ll know soon enough," he muttered, more to himself than to me.

“I have tried for a year to remember, but here we are. I am tired of being led around like a blind child. Someone tell me what I’m supposed to know,” I burst out, frustration filling me up.

Alessio’s eyes widened in surprise and before he could answer, the door burst open again, and Lucien strode in. His eyes immediately landed on