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.

is

she’s just stepped out of the same hotel where Ryker

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

to do with the fact that Ryker is staying here.

telling me this is

on here, and I wonder if it’s somehow

to the mess of Aaron and the Council and the

I’m now a widow.

the bottom of

renewed determination, I march into the hotel and up

where Ryker

guys standing in the hallway, acting as security, and it makes me wonder about the kind of life he lives where he can’t even

the outside of the room.

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

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

over the city and

by the bar to one side of the

surprise,” Ryker says with a smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes. “Can

takes up a stance near the inside of

you’re drinking,” I tell

cross the room.

before pouring

drink over to hand

Luna Leah? I have to admit, I’m surprised to see

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

dips his head, expression sobering.

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