Lucian
I woke up still pressed against Mara, my body wrapped around hers, still buried inside her. Her warmth, her scent, the steadiness of her breath, it almost made me forget the chaos waiting outside our bedroom.
Carefully, I eased away and rolled to my side. The sun was creeping through the curtains. Morning.
Which meant I could no longer avoid it.
I had to tell her about the Mistwood mission.
A sharp pulse in my head signaled a link from Darian, he’d been trying to reach me for a while.
What is it? I asked.
Father doesn’t want Lacy left alone with my mother, he said. I’ll head to the hospital later to relieve him.
I blinked. That was... specific. Harsh, even.
I knew our father had no love for Lacy, Alaric’s daughter, after all, but this level of distrust? It felt personal. St
