Chapter 40: Convincing the Alpha

*Belasarius*

My words seemed to connect with Melchior enough that he shifted back to normal, his silver eyes moving up and then slightly down as he shifted from quadrupedal to bi. A brief glance at his face as he lit a torch and then threw it into a bonfire at the center of the room, bathing the whole room in light that was warm to the point of being smothering.