Chapter 147

• Ryder's POV
• I stood outside Serena's apartment for a full ten minutes before I could make myself knock.
• My mother and I hadn't spoken since before the warehouse raid. She'd been cooperating with federal investigators, living under house arrest in this modest two-bedroom that was a far cry from the mansion she'd once called home. Part of me wanted to turn around and leave, find another way to get the information we needed.