Chapter 125

Ryker's POV

The silence between us dragged on, heavy and suffocating, like the room itself had swallowed our voices. Cyprian sat across from me on the couch, his elbows braced against his knees, hands clasped so tight his knuckles had gone pale.

I leaned back, but there was no comfort in it. Just this hollow ache in my chest that wouldn’t let up.

The echoes of everything that had happened still c