Chapter 217: Caught
Once Riven was out of the bathroom, he felt a surge of intense feelings. He had been away from Ronan for more than ten days, and he could feel the effects of being away from his mate for this long.
In an effort to kidnap more hot men into his harem, he forgot the first member, this won’t do. He needed to write a letter!
He stared down at the page, already inked with the essentials: I’m safe. The journey’s going well. I’ve made progress. But what he hadn’t written was how desperately he missed Ronan. No, it was just not the mate bond, he genuinely missed him. If only he were rich and strong enough to force all those harem members to stay in one house with him.
He missed Ronan. Not in the casual way travellers missed home, but in the way his body kept searching for something that wasn’t there. He’d found himself reaching for warmth at night, only to meet empty sheets. He’d turned corners expecting a familiar presence, forgetting for a second that Ronan wasn’t behind him.
Riven dipped his quill again, but he didn’t continue the letter. Instead, he sat back in his chair and exhaled slowly, eyes closing for a moment.
He was going to have to tell Soren that... That he needed to spend some time with Ronan. That was going to go over well, he thought sarcastically.
He was really touch-deprived, even though he spent an amazing week with Soren.
So when he finally penned the last lines of the letter, it wasn’t with hesitation but with the firm stroke of someone who had made peace with what he truly wanted.
He would go back to Ronan. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was right. He couldn’t follow the schedule to a T, he had a life of his own! He was a mature adult man... More or less. There were things he had to do!