Chapter 140 - Secrets After Sex

The bed's cozy warmth gave way to an uncomfortable cold as Aryana woke up later than usual. The room was bathed in gentle moonlight, and the candles that had been blazing had been out and her bedside, unoccupied. She looked around and saw that he was not there, which made her heart drop, “Cyrus?" she called into the night in the hopes of hearing back, she could feel a peculiar uneasiness seeping into her chest as the silence grew oppressive. Her bare feet made contact with the chilly floor, she forced herself out of bed and yelled his name once more, louder this time, but still, no reply. Aryana saw a figure standing in the shadows close to the doorway just as she was ready to go toward it, her thoughts racing with concerns. She gasped and screamed, taking an automatic step back as her heart skipped a beat. The figure, partially obscured by the low light, started to move closer and closer until she realized it was the halfling she had seen in her nightmares previously, the ones