Chapter 38
Ryder
I'm trying to listen to my dad as he explains what our next move should be, but I can't stop staring at Courtney. There's something different about her now, but I can't put my finger on it. She still looks the same, maybe a little thinner, but it's not on the outside; it's something else.
She didn't hesitate to put that asshole, Jack, in his place. At the end of the night, he was the one lying in a bloody pulp on the ground. I'd like to think he's learned his lesson, but I know the Predators well enough to know they'll force him to keep coming after her, even if it kills him. And it very well might.
"Are you listening, Ryder?" Dad asks, giving me a pointed look.
I'm sure I look like a deer caught in the headlights, but I nod nonetheless. "You were saying something
