The guard shuffled Katelina back to the main room and left her. Kai was still at his laptop, the cord stretched across the couch. She sat next to him, and when he didn't speak she asked, "Where's Xandria?"

He paused his giant monster movie. "Her master called for her."

"Oh." With nothing else to say, she decided to go lie down. "I'm heading to bed."

Kai nodded and went back to his movie, and she wandered to the communal room. A few of the women were already ...