The next morning, I drove by Sera's house before going to Stone Ground-the car was missing, and Sera's car had replaced it. That, unfortunately, didn't mean much other than the person wasn't still there, but maybe they'd left five minutes before I drove up. I had no idea what I had hoped to accomplish since it didn't settle my anxiety or ease my nerves. Zane greeted me at the door, quickly noticing I wasn't ready to work out, but I didn't give him the chance to say anything about it. "Can we talk?" "Of course." I followed him to his office, and Zane shut the door behind us. It afforded us some privacy, though I didn't see the point since there was never anyone else here this early in the morning. My hand landed in my hair as I ran my fingers through it, desperately wanting to pu