ZORA

I lay still on the bed, directly facing the sunlight peering through the drawn curtains, seething, quietly in anger.

I had just run away from Ryker after he murdered Lucas in cold blood and won't even let me take care of the body!

The knocks on my door grew more persistent but not louder.

Somehow, everything around me seemed to sound only like a distant memory. Nothing felt real anymore.

The man who'd only ever loved me was gone. Despite the time I'd spent with Ryker, it still never deterred my hopes of maybe building a life with Lucas one day.

But Ryker wouldn't stop until he took everything...