A couple of uneventful weeks passed. Holly seemed back to normal, though she remained quieter and paler than usual. Every muscle in my body hurt, and it was an effort to pull myself out of bed in the morning without guzzling a bottle of aspirin.

Evan and Marie had taken Cane's private training directive to extreme…and insane heights. I could almost flip Evan now, though I wondered if he was letting me get closer to him than anyone else would.

We were in the last private ...