Rhyder's POV.
"Grace... wait! Just slow down, please? Grace... will you just talk to me... please?"
She suddenly stopped and rounded on me. We were already half way into the forest and still able to hear Alexis's screaming as Jackson and a few others dragged her to the border.
"What the hell was that, Rhyder?!"
Her voice trembled. Her eyes blazed. She was furious.
But I knew that her fury only masked deeper feelings that she wasn't quite ready to deal with yet.
Feelings that mirrored my own, but my only focus was Grace and making sure that she was okay...
By the look on her face, I could tell that she was far from it.
I took a deep breath as I tried to calm my own racing heart - quiet my own mind.
"I'm sorry that you had to see her like that, Grace. I'm sorry that it had to happen
