It lasted less than a second.

My skin still felt it after he let go.

“Thanks,” I said. It came out quieter than I meant.

Riven looked at me for a long moment. His eyes were dark grey, almost black in this light.

“You’re going to be a problem,” he said. Not unkind. Just stating a fact.

Then he walked out and left me standing there with the bin in my hands and my heart trying to climb out of my chest.

I didn’t see him again until late afternoon.

Knox was at the desk when I came back from my break, talking to one of the other staff like...