Lucian
We arrived at the mansion just before noon. I gave Alpha Sam a guest room in my wing—he seemed genuinely pleased. I told him we’d cut down on staff until we knew who we could trust, but Austin would take care of anything he needed.
Denis disappeared down the hall to his assigned room, and Mara, Keisha, and I headed to ours. Darian had apparently returned home before heading back out to coordinate the arrests—explaining why they weren’t in the bunker anymore.
The moment the door shut behind us, something inside me snapped loose. I turned to Mara and reached for her like a man starved. Clothes hit the floor in seconds.
“You had a fever last night,” I murmured, peeling away the last layer between us. “And you were murmuring things… I couldn’t make out most of it.”
She smiled, and
