Chapter Forty Three

Dragus’s POV

I woke with a startle the space beside me empty and cold as I ran my hand over the sheets, Darian was still snoring softly on the other side of the bed, I couldn’t see Aria anywhere, the soft glow of the bathroom light seeping underneath the door had me thinking she was in there.

I rose from the bed and padded my way over to the bathroom, I couldn’t hear anything coming from inside so I pushed the door open and glanced around, the room was empty, no sign of her. My heart started to quicken as I backed into the bedroom, turning and surveying the room around me, maybe she’d gone to get a drink or something?

The French doors leading out to our balcony were open and a light breeze filtered into the bedroom as the curtains swayed, I strode over to the doors and stepped out into the warming air, there was a blanket on the chair in the corner and a chair was laying on its side but there was no sign of Aria.

Panic started setting in and I ran