The sight of Draco with Liana was a constant source of desperation. Lucian was filled with an all-consuming hatred towards his brother, and the woman he longed for. It felt like a crushing weight on his chest that he couldn't shake off.

Lucian couldn't help but compare himself to his brother, and the unfairness of it all. He had the same desire to claim a her, yet fate had conspired against him. He cursed himself for not being the one to find her first, for not being the one to make her his own.

When he watched Draco and Liana together from afar, Lucian's mind was consumed with thoughts of...