Bella:

Ryder remained on my body for a while without uttering another word, and then he pulled out when his phone beeped. My eyes caught the name on the screen before he clicked the power button, and I saw it was his mum.

“You do not have to talk about it,” I said to him, and then he took a deep breath before turning the car on.

We drove slowly to the carnival grounds, and as soon as he wheeled into the car park, I saw Alpha Fred, and my mum, wrapped around each other, ...