NINA'S POV
I’m still lying in bed when the door opens and Cassian's body fills the frame.
I sit up straight, eyes raking over his body. His jaw is tight, fists clenched and eyes everywhere but on me.
“What took you so long? Where's the ice?”
“It'll be up in a few minutes. How's your hand?”
The door clicks shut, but he doesn't come to me.
I glance down at my hand. It's mostly numb now, save for the full throbbing.
“It'll be better with ice.”
“Good. But if it gets worse, I'm taking you to a doctor.”
He shrugs off his coat, then his ruined shirt.
Something doesn't feel right.
Where did he go? Why does the air feel so tight?
“Cassian…” my feet swing off the bed.
“I'm going to take a shower. Are you sleeping in that?” He eyes my dress as he unbuckles his belt.
“No. But that'
