★Cassandra★
Eli’s voice pulled me out of sleep before the sunlight did.
“Cass,” he said loudly as he shook my shoulder. “You need to wake up,” my eyes fluttered open, and for a moment, I couldn’t make sense of where I was or why Eli was standing beside my bed in a pair of boxers with his hair sticking out in every direction.
“What?” I mumbled as I slowly sat up. “What time is it?”
“Just after nine,” he said. His voice was hesitant, almost cautious. “But that isn’t the problem,” that got my attention, and I rubbed my eyes as my heart started to pound faster.
“Why? What’s wrong?” I asked as I glanced at him. He took a deep breath, and I just knew that whatever he was about to say, it was going to be bad news.
“Nathan was here,”
“Was? He left?” I asked, confused.
“Yeah,” he said. “I a
