~Solange~ I woke up that morning feeling like absolute crap, my head still spinning from the night before, all those pulls yanking at me like invisible ropes, Ryker's the strongest, steady one that made me want to curl up and hide forever, but nope, new day, same bullshit, dorm room already buzzing with the guys moving around, Jaxon blasting some godawful music from his phone while Ryker grumbled about it being too early, and Kael just quietly packing his bag like the saint he was. I rubbed my eyes, sat up in bed, trying to shake off the fog, because damn, if I didn't get a shower soon, I'd smell like a wet dog even without shifting, but then the announcement crackled over the intercom, some admin's voice droning on about a power outage hitting the campus, hot water's gonna be

