"What do you mean, Mei rejected Ryan?"
Christopher's voice carried a mix of disbelief and amusement as he stood in the middle of his room, one arm halfway through the sleeve of his vest, eyes fixed on Sydney like she'd just told him the sky had turned green overnight.
A full day had crawled by since the hostage exchange had failed as expected, since Mei had stood her ground in that tense moment and sent Ryan away telling her to not come for her. And yet, true to his stubborn nature, Ryan had already decided he wasn't done. Mei's rejection hadn't stuck. Her words, don't come for me had bounced right off him like everything else did. He'd made up his mind to go back into Brigantine himself and pull her out, whether she wanted it or not.
