~NYRA

Rylan refused to let go of me as we hiked through the woods.

"Are you tired?" He asked softly.

I shook my head in response even if I was indeed tired. I did not want to be a burden to him or put him in trouble with his brothers.

Yet he sighed and swiftly picked me off the ground.

I gasped. "Isn't this going to be inconvenient for you? I can walk."

Rylan paid no attention to my words. He left me in his arms and kept walking.

"It's good that you're carrying her. We can't keep walking. We ...