Chapter 23
"Kitten, wake up."
My eyes flutter open, but to my dismay, it's still dark out. "Ugh, but we just went to sleep."
"I know," Ryder whispers, trailing kisses across my shoulder. "But we have to go. We have to get to my Uncle's by noon and we still have about five hundred miles to go."
He gets up out of the bed and I immediately miss his warmth. I struggle to sit up and get my eyes adjusted to the dim light in the room. "Your Uncle? Where does he live?"
Ryder sits on the edge of the bed and begins lacing up his boots. "Colorado."
"So is that where we're going?"
He nods slowly. "I have to be ready when the police officially name me as a suspect. I figured it would take them a while to find me out west. It'll give me time to try and get a case together."
I slide over to th
