Escaping Riven

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CHAPTER 220

~Valerie's POV~

My first thought was…

What the hell is Riven doing here?

Was he stalking me again?

The second thought came more quickly and sharply. Had it been his hand and side profile I'd seen just now?

My eyes darted up and down, scanning his features—his jawline, the curve of his wrists beneath the black coat, the way his shadow fell across the cobblestones. 

I exhaled through my nose, slowly. No. It wasn't him.

But the tension didn't leave my shoulders.

Riven stood there beneath the Gothic arch of the courtyard gate, like a statue carved from moonlight and silence, his long coat fluttering faintly in the wind. 

The hood cast half of his face in shadow, leaving only his ice-blue eyes visible, sharp and cutting as ever.