Her hand drifted across the bed searching.

Empty, no warmth. No trace of him.

Her eyes snapped open, panic igniting in their depths as she shot upright, her gaze sweeping the room in frantic disbelief.

“Cal…”

His name left her lips in a fragile whisper.

She stumbled out of bed, her heartbeat quickening with every step as she moved toward the bathroom. Her knuckles rapped lightly against the door.

“Cal, are you in there?”

Silence answered her.

A flicker of unease tightened her chest. Slowly, her fingers curled around the handle and pushed it open.

Empty.

Her breath hitched.

For a split second, the world felt too quiet.

Then—

Her...