RYKER

“It's all your fault!” Noura slammed my chest the moment I stepped into the room. Snot filled her nose, mixing with tears as they slid down her face.

I thought we were past this. Past the chaos and the blaming until that day.

That day I had slipped out of the field after Valkyrie.

“I know what Alphas do when they buy slaves., and I know you're doing the same,” she had whispered that night.

Silence drummed loudly between us with just the sound of our slow, steady breathing. ...