…SOREN…
For a long second after Riley disappeared into the bend of the trail, I just stood there, the sound of her footsteps fading into the dry wind. The silence she left behind hit harder than her words.
Then, like the queen of melodrama herself, Cass suddenly stood up, brushed off her shorts, and stretched her arms over her head with an exaggerated groan.
“Damn,” she muttered, swatting at her shoulder. “There are so many bugs. I’m going to need to sit in a shower all day long after this.”
I blinked, not sure I heard right. “Wait… what?”
She took a few more steps, completely balanced. No limp. No flinch. Nothing.
And that’s when it hit me. f*****g hell.
My jaw tightened. “You can walk?”
She looked over her shoulder, utterly unbothered. “Obviously.”
I grabbed her wrist before she
