Chapter 99 Shadows pov My lawyer called me and had me come into her office to go over everything Ryder had sent over. She was very impressed with Ryder and how well he documented everything. She also had him make a police report. Hopefully this would be all we needed to get my kids back home, but somehow, I doubted it. Men like Shalan got away with everything. My lawyer sent me home after an hour of me crying. I just missed my babies. They have never been away from me. I wanted to believe that he would never hurt his children, but I didn’t know. To him they were just pawns in his game. When I got home my phone rang. I hoped it was Shalan letting me talk to my kids. Instead it was Ryder. “Hello.” “Hey how are you holding up?” Ryder asked. “I’m trying to hang in there.” “Did your

