The Lady and Her Genius.

The mysterious man.

Works been going well honestly. Everything has basically gone back to normal, minus my brother is MIA and his possible girlfriend is the same, but Nik did keep his promise and clean my place for me while I was at work which was nice, I guess. Everything is normal.... Minus the one night I woke up to a random man in my apartment.

I woke up and looked towards the end of my bed to see a man in a trench coat just standing there.
"Hello." He told in a deep gravely voice.
"Hi?"
"Are you River W...."
"Gonna cut you off there. I am." I told as I reached under my pillow to grab my gun.
"What are you doing?"
"There's only one way you know what my actual name is. Also self defence really." I told quickly grabbing it and shooting towards him only for him to disappear.
'Da fuck?!'
I was quickly grabbed and pinned to the wall and I got a clear look of his face. He looked a bit older then me, maybe around De's age to take a guess. He had what looked like the start of a beard coming in as well as dark hair. But what really got me off guard was the fact he had piercing blue eyes.
"Your gun won't work on me."
"How the hell did you even get in?! It's warded off."
"Yes. But not to my kind."
"What?"
"I'm the man that saved your cousin."
"Why are you here?"
"There is a war coming that your cousins are involved in."
"What? What war?!"
"You can't know. But to help protect you, I'm going to mark you." He told making me struggle in his grip. "This will hurt a lot."
He placed a hand over my mouth to stop my screams as I felt large pains all over my chest. After awhile of this he let me go and I fell to the ground.
"What the hell did you do to me?"
"Your older cousin didn't want you to be used against them and hurt. So he asked me to find you and protect you. You are now hidden."
"It hurts."
"I carved it to your ribs."
"Because that makes all this shit better."
"You should ward this place more."
"God you seem like a cunt."
"I don't understand that."
"Do you eat or drink?"
"No."
"Right. Who the fuck broke into my house?" I quietly asked myself as he looked at some of the photos I had of family and friends.
"You should be thanking me."
"Thanking you? You broke in and carved some shit on my rib cage!"
"You remind me of your cousin. Except he stabbed me when we first met and you shot me."
"How lovely."
"You seem to have an attitude."
"You broke into my place and fucken carved something onto my ribs. Of course I've got an attitude."
"I just did you a favour."
"Oh my, why thank you sir. You are my hero till the end of times."
"This is going no where." He stated as he walked over to me.
"What are you doing?" I asked before he put two fingers on my forehead.
"Sleep." He told making darkness take over my vision.

(Spencer p.o.v)

I was walking down the stairs from my apartment to head to River to see if she wanted to get breakfast together before heading to work. I got my key that she gave before she had ran off to Hawaii and opened the door to not hear anything.
"Hey River! You want to get some breakfast before work?!" I questioned as I walked in only to get no response.
'She should be up by now.'
"River?!"
I walked through her apartment and made my way to her room to not see she was in bed.
'Did Nik kidnap her again?!'
As I began to search for my phone I saw something that was mostly hidden by her bed. I walked further in and looked to see River passed out on the floor making me rush to her side.
"River!"
I quickly picked her up and held her in my arms as I checked a pulse. I let out a sigh of relief once I felt one, calming me a little.
"River. What happened?" I questioned as I began to lightly wake her up.
"Spencer?" She quietly spoke as she began to slowly wake up.
"I'm here. What happened?"
"I don't remember much."
I began to check her old cutting spots to see if she started again only for there to be no new scars. As I looked over her body, I soon quickly discovered the bruising around her neck and collarbones.
'What happened last night?'