Riven took me on a tour around the house. He didn't attempt to elaborate on the conversation we had with his father again. He was just the perfect gentleman, leaving me to my thoughts without trying to interrupt.

"Do you want to meet Syrac?" He asked when we were in the third corridor. Their house was like a maze, one that confused me when I tried to keep track of the number of doors in each passage.

"Of course!" I perked up at that. Anything that would make me forget the conversation I had ...