Moonlight filtered through the barred window as I opened my eyes. “Ryder…”

I hoped he wasn’t involved with this mistake I made. I prayed he was safe. I curled up against the stone wall when the clomping of boots echoed down the hall. My life may be in the balance, but as long as he was listening to what I had told him, he would live a full life, and that was all I could ask for in a time like this…