Keya's POV:
I sat in the healer's place, staring at the white walls. Ryker silently sat next to me, his brows pinched together.
He looked like he’d been through hell. Maybe he was. His shirt was torn, his eyes red with exhaustion. But there was a steadiness in his posture now that hadn’t been there before. A grim kind of focus.
I turned to face him. “You think they’re alive? Noah and Cara? She didn't think twice to do... this to Rafe.” I pointed to my beaten mate, my heart breaking anew. I couldn't see him like this, and not feel the rage and anger.
“I think… they are alive.” He hesitated. “I think she is keeping them alive for something bigger. Some kind of bargaining chip.
“What do you know about the blood witch? Anything more?” I asked. “You and Tiya saw her?”
Ryker nodded. “We di
