(Ridge) Wednesday morning I woke up with Mira still in my arms. She was facing me this time, not turned away like last night. Progress. I kissed her forehead, got out of bed, went to the kitchen. Made coffee for both of us. When I came back, she was awake. "Coffee," I said, handing her a cup. "Thanks." She sat up, took a drink. We sat there drinking coffee, not saying much, but it was comfortable. Better than yesterday. "I'm going to get ready," she said. "Training with Jake, then The Spoke?" "Yeah, I'll meet you at the main building after your training, we'll go together." "Okay." She got up, went to get dressed. I did the same. When she was ready, she left for training. I walked to the main building, found Knox at the bar. "Morning," he said. "Morning, brothers still

