Xander
I didn’t need to see Ryker’s face to know he was staring at the screen.
He let out a short laugh. “Seriously? What is she doing?”
My eyes stayed on the monitor. She was curled up on one of the velvet chairs by the window, a blanket wrapped around her, while the queen-size bed behind her sat untouched.
“I can’t figure her out either,” I said, still watching.
I leaned back slightly, studying her.
In all my years, I’d seen people react to captivity in different ways. Some raged. Some begged. Others tried bargaining for better treatment. But this… this was different.
The daughter of Shadowfen’s Alpha had been given a room larger than most people would ever own, complete with a bed fit for royalty, yet she barely seemed interested in any of it, choosing instead to stay curled up o
