“I don’t even know what this is,” I muttered under my breath, leaning forward and pressing my forearms to my knees. “I’ve never felt like this before.”
Lucien was silent.
I stared down at my shaking hands, at the blood dripping slowly from my knuckles. “I didn’t even know it was possible,” I whispered. “To feel… for someone who isn’t my mate.”
Lucien’s voice was quiet. “And yet you do.”
I didn’t respond. I couldn’t.
I hated it.
She wasn’t supposed to matter this much. She wasn’t supposed to make me feel like this.
But she did.
And the thought of her being with Damien—my brother, my rival, my enemy—made me want to tear the world apart.
Lucien’s voice broke the silence again. “You can’t let this cloud your judgment. You know how Damien is. You don’t want him spreading rumors that yo
