I was lying on my stomach naked from the waist up. Grabbing at the sheet covering me, I sat up too quickly, trying to see in the dark. I felt Ritter before I recognized the infirmary, and I let out a sigh of relief. Mari had gotten us to the safe house.“Did I wake you?” Ritter asked, his tone too casual. In the dim light coming from the open door, I could see the gleam of his sword as he rubbed it with a cloth.“What happened?” There was no pain in my chest, but I felt a buzz that told me I’d been given curequick, and probably more than once if I was healed and the high remained.His hand stilled on the sword. “What part? When you disobeyed Ava’s order and took Keene with you this morning? Or when you almost got yourself killed trying to get the Hunters’ records? What happened to shifting out at the first sign of danger?”“I did what any of us would have done to preserve our cover and mitigate damages.” I swung my bare feet over the edge of the bed, adjusting my position.
