Chapter 89

The walls of my room felt colder tonight, a chill seeping through every pore in my skin. I wrapped myself tighter in the blankets, but they couldn’t ease the hollow ache inside me. There was something wrong. Something I couldn’t shake, no matter how hard I tried.

Ryker lay beside me, his breathing steady, strong. Even in sleep, his face was calm, set in that determined way he always wore. His ches