Erik did not come home that night.

Mya waited for him in her room. When he did not come to her, she searched every room of the house. She even asked the staff if they had seen him, but everyone gave her the same story: Erik had left the grounds for an important meeting and would be back in due course.

That information should have made her feel more at ease, except Mya could not smell Erik's scent anywhere. His rooms were empty and his bed was made. There was not a single ...