Lucas' POV:

After I rode home, I still couldn't get the image out of my head.

Lucian had a wife? No. No, I knew that wasn’t his wife.

He’s a manipulator, a snake, a man who thrives on illusions and shadows. Whatever I saw in that room, wasn't what it seemed.

I paced back and forth in my chambers, running my hands through my hair again and again until my scalp ached. My thoughts were a tangled web of confusion and disbelief.

The woman... the way she looked at him, the way she smiled at him, like some broken little bird in a cage. Something didn’t feel right.

I clenched...