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Luna damn it, so do I.
I must be really bad because, around eight o’clock, Hailey offers to cover the bar herself if I want to head out early.
I’m sure she thinks I’m going to go home and sleep it off. Though I’ve been careful to keep my shifter identity under wraps, after twelve months working with her, she’d gotta wonder why I’m always on edge during the full moon. She confessed once she thought it had something to do with my cycle. She’s not wrong. It’s the moon’s cycle that gets to me this time of the month.
I tell myself it’s not because of the moon that I’m desperate to talk to Ryker. After everything my mom and dad told me yesterday, I want to sit him down and talk to him. Plus, the way he disappeared after our night together has me on pins and needles. Did he really take off because he got what he wanted? Or did something else happen?
It’s driving me nuts. Eventually, I realize that I’m doing more harm than good trying to force myself through the rest of my shift. And since it’s still early enough that, if I go to the apartment, I’ll have to face Aleks—who I’m still avoiding, though I know I won’t be able to do that forever—hunting down Ryker is my only choice.
It isn’t until I step outside of Charlies, the last lingering remnants of Ryker’s piss still stubbornly clinging to the cement, that I realize something. Though I used my whisper-thin bond with Ryker to follow him to the park, it was all too easy to fall back into the habit of pretending it wasn’t there.
I take a deep breath, hoping that I’m not making a big mistake, and reach for our bond. If he can follow it, I should be able to, no matter how weak it’s gotten over the past year.
And it is weak. It’s a tiny spark, but one I can find when I’m specifically searching for it. I clutch it with both hands and give it a tug. I’m not surprised when there’s no answering tug in return, but that’s okay.
I think I’ve finally figured out where Ryker has gone.
