Lucien pov

Author’s Note: Lucas is the Alpha currently working under Verek. He is the one whose beta disrespected Lucien, and Lucien cut out his tongue. The traitor.

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“I miss her! Couldn’t we have taken her with us? I can’t deal with this anymore. I need my Lilith with me.”

That was Claude’s irritating voice again, groaning dramatically as he slumped against the car window, eyes closed, blonde hair falling messily over his face. He looked half-dead, as though life itself had lost all meaning.

Yet—

My eyes remained fixed on the chessboard before me.

Cold. Dark. Unmoving.

I didn’t spare him a single glance.

For a moment, the...