Lucian
“You don’t know what life has been like with that man,” Martha said, her voice tight but steady. “I never said a word because I thought he was my problem. I thought I was the only one he was tormenting. I didn’t know he was Chase Nighthorn—the one who killed your wife, who tried to kill Mara and Lucian. I didn’t know he was the one tearing this family apart. I thought they were two different people.”
She wiped her tears with the back of her hand. “But now that I know the truth, I want to help.”
Her gaze locked on my father. “I am not just a tool, Vander. My worth does not begin and end in the bedroom. All my life I’ve been told that s*x is all I’m good for—my mother told me that, Alaric told me that, and you told me that. But I am more than a hole to give release to whoever wants
