Chapter Fourteen

 

“Get up, Second,” Torin barked. “You have toilet duty.”

Cold water poured on Alex’s head. He sat up, then winced at the sudden movement.

Torin’s eyes widened. “What happened to you?”

Alex looked down at the healing cuts and scrapes along his chest and sides. A glance at the window showed the bare gray of predawn light. He had only slept for perhaps an hour after they returned to the Academy.

“It was a rough night,” Alex said. He slipped his feet into his shoes, then bent gingerly to tie them.

“Go back to sleep, Alex.”

Alex glanced over to see Torin staring at his back. His shoulder must have looked as painful as it felt.

“I have toilet duty.”

“Forget it,” the Alpha said gruffly. He left the room and closed the door behind him. Alex heard Torin muttering as he walked back up the hallway to his own room.

Alex’s eyes drifted shut the second his head hit the wet pillow.