I'm still having some unsettling dreams, so I wake up with an upset stomach. When Alexine arrives in the morning, I ask for a light breakfast to be sent to the library where I decide I'll spend the day. I can't remember the last time I got to stay in sweatpants and a hoodie all day, so that's how I decide to dress. It's almost like I'm taking a vacation day from my life, except that it's enforced by my confinement rules so I don't feel guilty. I don't get much of my breakfast down, so by lunch I'm ravenous. Alexine brings up an amazing pasta and looks at me in shock when she sets it down in front of me and I cry. To be honest, I'm shocked by my reaction, but at least I know where it's coming from. "Sorry, Killian makes a pasta exactly like this and the second the smell hit my nose, it bro

