Ryker's POV
"How dare you."
Roseline's voice cut across the hallway. It was sharper than I had ever heard it. She walked straight at Victor. Her whole body shook. All the joy from a few minutes ago was gone. Only fury was left.
"Roseline..." Victor started.
"No." She stopped right in front of him. She did not move back even a step. "My daughter has been missing for weeks. kidn*pped. Sold. God knows what else she went through out there. And you stand here wishing evil on her the second she walks back through that door."
Victor's jaw got tight. His eyes flicked to me and Lila. We were still holding each other near the bottom of the stairs. Then he looked back at Roseline. "I'm not wishing her evil," he said. "I'm stating a fact. Lila is the reason our son nearly died."
"That's not fa
