Chapter 61

Avery

I woke to an empty bed, sunlight streaming through the curtains in soft golden bands. For a moment, panic fluttered in my chest—where was Ryker?—before the bond hummed with his calm presence somewhere downstairs, and I remembered: today was the day I'd meet his parents.

The anxiety that thought triggered sent me bolt upright.

I stood before the mirror, staring at my meager options with mo