LUCIAN

“I know how it sounds, but it’s the only option we have right now. If I stay, I can gather more information and stall their operations. Lyla can stay with me, so I have backup if I have to fight.”

I listened to her speak and wondered if she had thought this through before coming here. What if all of this was an act to get me out of town so the Sevills and their new friends could harm me?

My mind switched to Lucas’s bodyguard, and I shuddered at what a fight with someone like him would feel like. As much as I could hold my own ground,...