ALEK CAUGHT CAT BEFORE SHE could fall, and resisted the urge to give Laura a piece of his mind. It had been a hell of a day and the last thing he needed was to watch Cat being torn to strips by someone who should have been on her side.

Sabyn shoved past him into the room and slammed the door. Raised voices were heard and the others in the corridor decided to leave them to it.

'Cat?'

She glanced up; the dark circles under both her eyes looked almost ...