After a hot shower, scrubbing myself clean twice, I put on a pair of shorts and walked to Adriana's door. Opening it up, she was still in bed but awake, though as soon as her eyes met mine, she was up and out of bed immediately, leaping into my arms, feeling her legs wrap around me too. She knew enough already not to ask. The fact I was home alive and well was all that mattered.

"I'm knackered," I muttered.

"Then you sleep in here," she replied.

I collapsed onto her bed once she'd untangled herself from me. "Wake me in three hours," I murmured.

When I did wake up,...