Chapter 268

James isn’t happy, but he also doesn’t have a better idea.

So I finally convince him later that evening to drive me to the

luxury hotel where I know Ryker has been staying.

We don’t say much to each other during the long drive.

I can tell James wants to convince me not to do this, while I

want to ask about Jessica.

However, I know that puts James in an awkward position, she

his sister, after all. It wouldn’t be fair to expect him to not respect her privacy or whatever.

So we sit there in strained silence with the weight of all the things we’re not saying hanging between us.

Instead of using the valet service at the front of the hotel, James insists on parking the car himself nearby, which leaves us about half a block away to walk.

As we’re approaching the hotel, a woman steps out through the revolving doors and gets into the back of a black town–car waiting for her.

I stop dead in my tracks as I realize it’s Karolina.

hell is

that she’s just stepped out of the same hotel

have a high–end bar and restaurant, so I suppose it’s possible she was

to do with the fact that Ryker is

instincts are telling me this

is going on here, and I wonder if it’s somehow

to the mess of Aaron and the Council and

I’m now a widow.

going to get to the bottom of all this, one way or another.

I march into the hotel

suite where Ryker is staying.

makes me wonder about the kind of life he lives where he can’t even stay at

the outside of

I approach, one of them speaks into a wire attached to his jacket.

we arrive at the door, they simply nod and let us in, since apparently Ryker has let them know he’ll see

spectacular view over the city and out

to one side of the

unexpected surprise,” Ryker says with a smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes. “Can I get either of you

and takes up a stance near the inside of

drinking,” I tell him confidently

cross the room.

Luna has fine taste, I see,” Ryker teases, before pouring a measure of expensive bourbon into two

says as he brings the drink over to hand to me. “What

to admit, I’m surprised to see you, given everything that’s going on.”

killed my mate?” I ask, ignoring the sharp pang in my chest I get whenever anyone

expression sobering. “I’m sorry,

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