Chapter 0091

Ryder

Everything Zane said was lost on me. My brain wrapped itself around the word ‘Alim’ as it echoed over and over.

Finding my voice, I asked. “Where?”

Zane was acting weird, fiddling with his fingers. The ever-so-confident Zane was stalling.

I repeated my question. This time more as a command. “Where are they?”

I watched him steal a glance at Sarah before he spoke. “She is outside with the boy. She refused—”

Everything else he said was lost to me as I hurried out of the room, almost knocking him down in my haste.

True to his words, Alexis and Alim were standing outside the open gate, which I found weird. Why didn't she come inside and make a scene? And why was she here, by her own will, after disappearing for five months?

“Alexis,” I called coldly, barely acknowledging her before picking up the boy beside her.

“Alim. Son.” I hugged him close to my chest, inhaling his scent. But Alim didn't share the same sentiment. He stood rigid in my embrace, pressing his hand against my chest i