Thursday, May 10th, 1:12 PM

Mako finally came to from his slumber, dazy and his vision blurred. He stretched his arm across the vacant spot next to him on the bed. A deep sigh left his lips, but he knew Elise had to attend to things elsewhere.

Sitting up on the bed, Mako raised his palm to his throbbing forehead. Dehydration and too much sleep had caught up to him. The room Elise had secured for him was a fraction of the size of his suite, but Mako happily traded the ...