Chapter 32 It had been two weeks since Xander kissed me and I still wanted to punch him in the face again. Daniel and I had been working on how to block out each other’s pain by practicing it during our free time, then moved on to doing it during training. It wasn’t something that came naturally to us, but if we concentrated, we could do it. It was another thing we needed to do before we could get out of here, because it was something they could use against us. Xander turned up at my door one morning telling me we were about to try something new. I scowled. “Come on. It’s been two weeks. Get over it.” I’d hardly spoken to him and wasn’t about to start now. Every day had been the same. Wake up too early, eat, train, eat, train, eat, spend some time with Daniel — which usually involve

