I woke from my dream with a start and a headache, tangled in the covers, certain I tasted ash on my lips.

Drio loomed over me.

I shrieked and yanked my pillow in front of myself. "What the hell!"

"Like you have anything I'm interested in."

Morning light filtered in through the curtains. "Damn, we fell asleep."

Rohan cracked a bleary eye open. "Did the gunmen arrive?"

Drio jabbed his index finger at me. "Your friend is gone." ...