Chapter 142: Kade’s POV

“Tell me what?” Riven asked again as his eyes as they swept over us and then locked onto the door behind me. Mirna’s door. He already knew something was wrong. Not the details, but the weight of it. Riven had always been frighteningly perceptive when it came to her.

I stepped forward before anyone else could speak, putting myself squarely in his path.

“Riven.” I said, palms raised slightly. “Easy there.”

His gaze snapped to me, jaw tightening.

“Why ...