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She sat in silence for a few minutes as we drove, and I peered over at her to speak softly, wanting to ease some of her worries.

“He didn’t rape me.”

The tension in her shoulders eased, but she didn’t look at me. “I should’ve followed you. I was on the phone with Zavier. Reid woke up. When I hung up, you two were gone. I…”

“Why would you need to follow me? He’s your brother, so I didn’t think it would be a problem,” I whispered, finally drawing her attention. “He needs help, Riley. That wasn’t him, he’s high as a kite.”

“Tell me what happened.”

She listened while I explained everything from start to finish, and by the end, her fingers were white from the grip she had on the steering wheel.

“Where are we going?” I asked, suddenly feeling exhausted. I just wanted to curl up in bed and sleep.

Even though Ryder had scared me, I couldn’t help but worry about him. Part of me wanted to check on him, but that was a bad idea. Riley would most likely kill him.

“I was just going to drive until we figured it out. I can take you to Beckett’s if you want, but she’s probably got a houseful. Cruz usually stays there if he’s been at the track with them.”

“I like him. That’s fine,” I said quietly, relaxing as she turned the car around. “Thank you.”

She kissed the back of my hand before letting it go to call Beckett, and we didn’t speak again until we pulled into her drive.

“They’re still at mine,” she said when I frowned at the empty driveway. “She told me to let myself in and take the spare room. Cruz is sleeping on the couch tonight so we can have the room to ourselves.”

I felt bad for him losing his bed, but I didn’t voice it.

I hadn’t been to her house many times before, so I followed Riley as she switched lights on and opened a door at the end of the hallway, and I immediately dropped down onto the bed.

Riley chuckled, taking my feet to pull my shoes off. “Do you want me to find you something to sleep in?”

“No. I’m fine like this,” I mumbled, yawning as she stripped down to her shirt and panties before sliding in beside me.

“Sleep, baby. Wake me if you need me.” I slept like the dead the moment my eyes closed.

ChapterTwenty-Two

Riley

Iwas beyond furious. I didn’t get any sleep as I laid beside Luna all night, my mind going a hundred miles an hour. Ryder was the guy who beat people up for touching others without consent, so I had no idea how the fuck he’d ended up assaulting Luna.

She’d woken up and wanted to shower alone, so I headed into the kitchen to make us coffee, finding Cruz and Maddox talking in low voices at the table. They glanced up when I walked in, Cruz getting to his feet.

“How is she?”

“She slept most of the night. She’s having a shower,” I replied, glancing at Maddox. “I’m going to kill him.”

“Join the club,” he grunted, flexing his fingers and drawing my attention to his knuckles. They were a mess from his fight with Zane, but he’d re-split some it seemed. “He’ll have a nice fucking black eye this morning.”

“What did you tell Mom?”

“Nothing. No one was home, so I put the prick to bed. Never seen him cry so much before.” He scowled, clenching his jaw. “He was asking for her, you know? He’s a fucking mess.”

“I don’t give a shit what he says. He’s not seeing her,” I spat, stalking towards the coffee machine. Maddox joined me, dropping an arm around my shoulders.

“Whatever drugs he’d taken was making him hallucinate. He was having a conversation with Lloyd in the kitchen at one point.”

“That doesn’t excuse his behavior,” I snapped despite my heart aching. “He scared the shit out of Luna. If he can’t control himself, he should stay sober. What if he’d raped her?”

“I’m not excusing him. I’m just warning you that he was really fucked up last night. He’s probably just as bad this morning. I don’t think he would’ve taken it that far, but who knows,” he mumbled, his eyebrows drawing together as he became deep in thought.