Page 36 of Riv's Sanctuary

Turning, he glared down at her and she paled.

“Saw-ree.” She flinched a little under his gaze then flashed her blunt teeth at him again.

Catching herself, she paled even more, eyes going wide as she put a hand over her mouth.

Riv frowned as he watched her through wary eyes.

Moving to the side, he gave her enough space to enter the room.

Her eyes grew even larger as she looked inside.

Her gaze moved over the elevated sleeping cushion, to the chest in the corner and to the window that looked outside.

When she turned back to him, she was smiling, her eyes glassy.

Riv glanced around the room.

There wasn’t anything special about it. Not that if she’d complained he’d have changed anything.

She was lucky he didn’t drop all he had to do and take her back to Geblit, because he’d been very phekking close to doing so.

The female wrapped her arms around her bare torso and he assumed she was cold. Never mind, the room would adjust to a temperature that suited her soon enough now that there was a being inside it.

As she moved further into the room, his gaze followed her.

Her light hair hung over her shoulders, hiding her face and neck from his view.

“Dis iz naice und uhn-ex-pekted,” the female said, turning.

Big brown eyes met his. "T-ank yoo."

A brilliant smile split her face and made him stiffen. It transformed her features so much his eyes narrowed to slits.

When panic and fear were replaced by happiness, those large brown eyes of hers became entrancing, making her beautiful to look at.

Riv's nostrils flared.

Beautiful females were the most deceiving things in the galaxy.

All the more reason she had to leave.

Turning on his heels and without a backward glance, he stormed down the corridor and left the dwelling.

He needed to sort out his head.

She didn’t come after him. She was learning quickly.

He’d given her a room to stay in and he hoped she stayed in it.

He’d prefer to be alone till he decided what he was going to do. But he knew without much consideration that there was only one option.

He had to return her to Geblit and be in the Torian’s debt once more.

Stepping into the warm sunshine, the door slammed behind him and a nosy tilgran lifted its long neck to look over the fence of its enclosure.

"What?" Riv snarled and the tilgran lowered its head once more.

Brows set in a frown, he headed around the back of the building toward the oogas grazing there. He needed to feed them, clean their pen, and give them water before the day ended.