CHAPTER 11: NO MERCY

  ROSE'S POV The day had gotten dark, and here I was, at home, relishing the company of my family. Well, my dad and my brother. My mother had still not arrived home yet, and as for Ryan, let's just say he was still infuriated with his younger sister. I didn't want things to continue like this. I wanted peace and harmony to reign between us. Ryan was still acting like I didn't exist in his world, and I needed to do everything in my power to put an end to that. I held a plate of chocolate pie, standing at the door of Ryan's room. He loved chocolate pie so much, and since I was about to make an apology, I decided to hand this over to him as well. I gently knocked on his door and waited for quite a few seconds, but he didn't come out. Perhaps he had fallen asleep. But that couldn't be the case. Ryan was never too early to go to sleep. Or maybe things have changed in the past few years. I didn't really think so. I knocked for the second time, and immediately, Ryan opened the door. H