ARIA
I woke up like I'd fallen from somewhere high—heart racing, sheets twisted around my legs. For a second I didn't know where I was. Then the thought settled in.
Not my apartment. No traffic. No music through thin walls. No Nova pounding on my door because she'd forgotten her spare key again.
My head throbbed as I pushed myself upright. My T-shirt clung to my back, damp from sweat. I couldn't have slept more than a couple of hours, and it felt like my body knew it.
I crossed to the window and pulled the curtain back a little. The grounds stretched wide, grass covered with dew, trees dark shapes against the early morning light. Somewhere out there, Cassian was waking up too.
Probably angry.
Probably planning something.
I exhaled slowly. I wasn't going to hide from
