Kai.
I leaned back against the wall, tasting the blood in my mouth, staring at the cracks in the ceiling above. Maybe it already had but I didn’t care.
I tried to push myself up from the ground again, my arms trembling, my ribs screaming, but my body gave out and I hit the dirt hard. My breath came out ragged, metallic with blood. My vision blurred for a second before I blinked rapidly.
“Did you send in the medical team to check on the Silverwood prisoners?” I rasped, my voice breaking as I looked up at Ryder.
He was leaning against the wall like he had all the time in the world, a cigarette rolling between his fingers before he stuck it between his lips. He didn’t even bother lighting it.
“Yes,” he finally said, his voice flat. “You were right. According to the report, a few of them
