~Aria's POV~
The medical team tried to stop him, but they might as well have been trying to hold back a landslide. Lucien refused the sedative. He refused the stretcher. He stood in the middle of the sterile hospital wing, his face ashen, the hospital gown visible under his dark coat. He looked like a corpse brought back to life by pure, concentrated malice.
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In the soundproofed basement of the Blackwood estate, the three men from the hallway were zip-tied to heavy steel chairs. The air was cold, smelling of damp concrete and the copper tang of blood.
Lucien walked into the room. He didn't look sick anymore. He...
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