Third person Pov
BxB smut ahead. If you do not enjoy that, I'm sorry, but you'll have to skip the whole chapter.
Caius stood up from the middle of the bed he found himself laying, the haze in his head—the fog that had wrapped itself around his thoughts for what felt like an eternity—gone, peeled away like a weight he hadn't realized he'd been carrying. And yet the world around him still swayed like it was breathing.
Riven had been the one to cut through the fog, Caius was sure of it. His mind told him that much in the same way his body knew when the seasons were changing. But when he turned in place, scanning the luxurious room, Riven wasn't there.
"Riven," he called out, voice echoing and vanishing too quickly. No answer. His fingers flexed at his sides. "Don't start this again. If you're hiding—" he took a step forward, boots scraping—"stop. Tell me what you're doing here. How you got here."
