The harder knock made her flinch but Cassie still didn't respond. She hugged her knees to her chest to fight back the queasy feeling in her stomach from the hangover that was just multiplied by the stress. If Kon didn't go away soon, she was in danger of throwing up in her bed, but even that wasn't enough to make her consider moving and facing him.

Sometimes she dropped all of her fronts and stopped trying to be brave all the time. This was one of those times.