The Way I Lie

Chapter 32

Rulers of Kingdoms
Kayline McKenzie

             " What do you mean Caper has been compromised?" Ryker screams over the phone. " I thought it was secure! Okay, Okay, but do you have any idea who took it down? I thought you said Andorai's army was useless. A girl? A girl took the entire operation down? She was a sister to one of the victims. Okay, Okay. Clean everything up and get out of there before that girl goes to the authorities.

Anything else I should know? She took her dead brother, and the little girl. Did she destroy all the weapons? She blew up the entire cave and she took some of the cure?! That's why I told you to have the cure before we started this crap. Now she can take it to doctors and they can replicate it! I will talk to you later." Ryker hangs up the phone and lets out a huge sigh.

Ryker's head pounds with every movement of his eyes. Wait, the little girl. She took the little girl. Is it the woman from the hospital? She can clearly hold out on her own, based from the men that came back from the hospital.

But no, they clearly said that the girl who attacked the base was a redhead and her older brother was one of the victims. On her way out, she probably saw the little girl and did what anyone would have done and rescued her as well.

But blowing up the cave, with the plague when it was released? It doesn't make any sense, Ryker thought to himself. Unless she was brave, stupid and really smart, she wouldn't have even thought of blowing the place up. Ryker needs to do more research on this girl.

When Ryker opens up his computer, he hears a knock on the door and he quickly straightens out his shirt and his hair, makes sure that the computer is closer, and finally lets out another deep breath and allows entry. His sister, Arabella walks in. She's in sweat pants and a loose shirt that simply states, you wish.

" Hey, Will wants to know when you will be ready to go hunting with him and dad." Ryker opens his mouth to respond but Arabella, but she continues, " Also Mom wants to know if you are ready for the conference with our counselors about the bachelorette-suitors-conference-thingy on Monday." Ryker opens his mouth again, but is interrupted, " One more thing, the girls and I were wondering if we could borrow your camera. Adley wants to make a short movie about all of us sisters. She's calling it the A- Team." Arabella says with a roll of her eyes. Ryker lets out a chuckle.

He has 5 younger sisters. Arabella is the oldest at 16, Alani is 15, Adley is 8, Amira is 5 and Luna is almost 2. Luna is obviously the only one without the name beginning with A, but that's what their mom wanted.

" Yeah, sure my camera is on my bottom self." She smiles and walks over to his closet. Ryker swings his swivel chair to face her while she is shuffling through his stuff to find his camera.

" Plus, Bella, there is a reason why I have an assistant for these kind of things. I don't need you knocking at my door every minute of every day." She get's up and makes her way to the door.

" Oh, but where's the fun in that? Love you!" She says as she walks out the door.

" Love you, too! Have fun with the new nanny!" Ryker taunts back. Ryker turns back to his computer expecting Arabella to return any second. Ryker hears her running through the hallway, back into his room. Ryker smiles to himself.