At six a.m. a knock sounded on the apartment door. Jorick opened it to find Jamie, one of the Executioners. With long black hair pulled into a bun and chocolate brown eyes, he was good looking and, truth be told, he was nicer than many of the others. Katelina still wouldn't say she liked him, though.

"Are you ready to go?"

Jorick nodded and Katelina climbed reluctantly to her feet. She pulled on her coat; a big black castoff of Jorick's, and picked up her new purse. ...