What in the world is going on? Am I having an episode, or is this really happening right now? Things seem to be moving very fast one moment, only to slow way down the next, and everything is all out of place. My head was still spinning from my earlier rush of anger, and I could tell that any second now, I was going to lose my breath or have a total meltdown.

Ryder looked just as confused as I was, and the hand that I’d used to slug her with stung as he held it gripped tightly in his. ...