Scarlett's POV
I was helping Ryder in the bathroom with the injuries when I heard Aria and Dylan laughing heartily. For some reason, I couldn't hold my laughter back I started laughing as well.
What was it about?
I didn't know.
Listening to my daughter laugh like that triggered some sense of safety in me. With Ryder, the strong man by my side, I knew I could be myself and I just started...laughing.
"Oh...why was that even funny...?" I asked in the air.
"Maybe because...we are out of danger. This is our body celebrating for us, I guess." Ryder said.
He always struck me as someone wise and calm. Gentle Giant was the perfect way to describe him, as Dylan keeps saying.
I stared at Ryder who was looking down at the big gash in his palm.
I didn't know why I felt like it, but I got on my tippy toes and pressed a kiss on his lips.
"Thank you...for being there. You saved us." I said.
"I must be punished for having followed you here, Scarlett." He said.