Alaric's POV: The sun rises shining into my room, I barely slept well last night, one my body has to get used to the American time zone and my nose is still hurting, I wasn't expecting the door to hit me straight in the face. I returned from the hospital a little past 12 am, the doctor said it wasn't broken but will be red for a few days, I'll have to hide my face from the problem until the weekend. Maybe I should work from home, but I got documents I have to sign at the building and meet with my marketing team. I know Mack will be pissed off when she sees my face Tuesday evening, I'll avoid all video calls with her for now. Someone knocks on the door, "good morning Mr. Hale, are you awake?" Celia calls. "Yes, you can come in", I reply. She walks in with a tray, "Mrs. Hale made your