Chapter 101

"Ronnie!" Rosalyn calls and she appears in the doorway, blonde curls swinging around her as Jeremy wrestles her back onto the couch. "Come join. You too Stella." I shake my head, "I'm just going to-" "Come on," Liam groans and pulls me out, hauling me over his shoulder and delivering a sharp smack to my backside. I nearly scream. Through the curtain of my hair, I watch Stella's eyes drift to the ground. Her demeanor is different. Softer. Whatever it must be, it must be serious. I frown. Liam tosses me onto the couch, secures an arm around me and whispers, "Are you going to be okay for tomorrow?" Tomorrow we will resume training, with two new recruits. I nod. Tonight I will spend the night with the girls, Rosalyn has demanded we do so and I didn't complain. Stella neither. I won't get to speak to Liam privately till tomorrow night. Good, he won't lecture me till then. "I will be," I say, reciting