RYKER'S POV
I knew something was wrong the exact second Parker called my phone.
Correction. He didn't just call me; he practically screamed through the speaker before the line even fully connected.
"RYKER!"
"What? Man, I'm literally two blocks away from the—"
"GET HERE NOW. THE QUAD BY THE LIBRARY."
My heart immediately dropped into my shoes, a cold, heavy weight settling in my chest. Because Parker sounded dead serious. And Parker was never serious. He didn't use that tone unless someone was bleeding out on the ice.
"What happened?" I demanded, already sprinting down the sidewalk, my sneakers tearing up the concrete.
"It's Lila. Jason's got her cornered with his boys."
That was all I needed to hear. The world around me blurred into a streak of campus lights and dark trees as pure
