ALEXANDER
When I came back from my workout, I went straight to my chambers. My body already felt considerably better than it had when I woke up, although the soreness in my neck had stubbornly refused to disappear completely.
The workout had helped more than I expected. When I first woke up, I had felt as though I had been hit by a truck. My head had been pounding, my neck had been stiff, and every movement seemed to remind me of the terrible decision Cole and I had made the previous night.
Sleeping on a couch after drinking beer had never sounded like a reasonable idea if you actually considered it. But that was the thing... I hadn't considered it.
I closed the door behind me and walked farther into the room. The quietness of my chambers immediately settled around me. After the noise
