LUCIEN POV

"What?" she asked.

"It's about your father," I said. "About Klaudius. I didn't kill him in a fair fight."

Daisy and Noah both stared at me.

"What do you mean?" Daisy asked quietly.

"I mean I had help," I said. "The ancient ones. They spoke to me in dreams, told me how to find Klaudius's weaknesses, told me when he would be most vulnerable. They wanted him dead because he had promised to free them but hadn't kept his word."

This was partially true - the ancient ones had mentioned that Klaudius had made promises to them. But they hadn't helped me kill him. I was just using...