Kristen woke in Ronald's bed; it was late morning, and she could hear him in the shower. She stretched and thought about the last few days. Things had been quiet. Maybe too quiet. The guards and researchers had left them alone, and a nice routine had developed. She was now rotating her nights between Aaron's and Ronald's rooms. Win wasn't happy about being left out, but she wasn't ready to stay with him. Their alone time was intense enough; having an entire night with him sounded overstimulating. Her days were divided between all four of them, unless there was something that drew them all in together, like meal time. Thorn wasn't much company. They usually sat in silence, but he wasn't avoiding her so that had to be a good sigh. Ronald thought he was jealous the other day when she kisse

