A darkness burned in Rurik's eyes, and in his veins. The spell effectively broken, he thrust his arms at Kai, throwing the man off him. It wasn't anger, but fear that had him scrambling away from Kai. He backed himself to the wall, suspicion glaring at the other in the room, and then the stairs leading up when he heard the door open at the top.
Darkened eyes flickered back to Kai. "Lover?" he breathed out, his voice low and rough, almost foreign to his own ears.