Chapter 26

Three months later,

Gently waking Ryker up, I cover his handsome face in kisses.

'I don't want to wake up,' He murmurs. I throw a pillow at his face.

'Hey!' He sits up and throws a pillow back at me. I lean backward, dodging the pillow. I poke out my tongue: 'Ha! You missed!' I tease.

'Oh, did I?' He says, jumping out of bed and running toward me, flinging me over his shoulder and whirling us around in a circle.

'Ryker! Stop!' I giggle.

'You'll make me sick,' I say. Ryker stops.

'Well, you're no fun!' He feigns a pout.

'No fun? We are always having fun,' I state.

'True.' He says, lifting me over his shoulder.

Ryker runs into the dining room downstairs with a grin on his face. I scream his name the whole way down. 'Ryker!' I yell, trying not to laugh at his playfulness. Finally, he sits in a chair and pulls me onto his lap.

'There, I put you down,' he says, winking at me. I roll my eyes.

'Did you roll your eyes at me, Luna?' he laughs.

Everyone at the table eats in silence, smi