× Trix × I take a deep breath, rubbing my hands over my face before I decide. I can’t keep Ryder in the dark anymore. Not with the way things are stacking up. At least he deserves to know. “Actually, there's something more Ryder, we need to talk,” I say, my tone more serious than usual. He turns, eyeing us with a raised brow. “Oh yeah? This about that thing you’ve been trying to keep hush-hush?” Alvera and I both pause dead in our motion, and she shoots me a glance like, What the hell? Ifeel my stomach twist for a second. “Uh, what?” I try to play it cool, but it’s obvious Ryder knows something. He leans back, arms behind his head like he’s got all the time in the world. “Yeah, man, I mean, I didn’t catch everything, but I overheard some of your chat back there. Something about

