RYDER
I had given Logan enough grace to talk some sense into his brother, and I had no intention of extending that grace any further. This was my last warning. My last attempt to give Kane a chance to step back before things went too far.
If he didn’t grasp what I was trying to tell him, then whatever happened afterward would be on him. I had done my part.
As much as Logan wanted to protect and save his brother, I have someone I was protecting too. Someone whose safety mattered just as much to me. I wasn’t going to stand by and watch her get dragged into a war she had never asked for simply because Kane couldn’t see past his own stubbornness.
I lifted the cigarette to my lips and took a slow drag, letting the smoke settle in my lungs before I exhaled through my nose.
I watched Ricky
