Brandon and Dorian are in the woods a few miles from Pablo. He is trying to figure out the exact moment his wolf changed. Striker was an Alpha wolf when they left the palace. He stopped asking his mother's questions a while ago. Because every time he asks her something, she bursts into tears. Dorian keeps repeating that she can't believe this is happening to her. All the planning she did, and now she doesn't have a penny to her name, and she's homeless. He tells her to tell her everything this woman named Hera said to her. At first, she starts rambling, and Brandon tells her to slow down because he can't understand that damn babbling. "All of this has given me a headache." She rubs her forehead. "Don't full that headache crap on me, Dorian." He looks at her, "Are you sure you're

