"Varian?" Christy's voice rang through the house as she walked through it looking for him. "Varian?" she said again, standing at his door and knocking at it before stepping back.
Varian heard her knock, and he was thrown off by her knock. He thought that he had made himself clear that she had not come anywhere near him. She even dared to come knocking at his door at this time of the day.
"Varian?" she knocked again. She was going to try to open up the door and barge in, but she was going to try to respect his boundaries, at least for now that she was still trying to build back the broken relationship that they had.
Varian stood up and walked to the door; he knew how persistent she was about these kinds of things. He knew that she would not leave until he came out himself. He opened the
