Then I stilled when I got to the top and heard Ryder call my name. Low and grumbly. Crap. As quiet as I’d been trying to be, I’d woken him. He kept saying we weren’t a burden, but I had a hard time believing that when we constantly interrupted his routine. I shifted course so I could apologize. “Ryder?” I whispered as my hand went to his doorknob, and I twisted it and pushed his door open. Then I froze. Completely froze.
