Chapter : The Night That Changed Everything

The corridor felt like it was closing in on me.

Lucien didn’t say a word as we ran, our footsteps echoing off cold stone. But I could feel the tension in his grip, the weight in his silence.

Elowen’s voice haunted me.

“Tell her what really happened the night her mother died.”

I yanked my hand free.

“Lucien—stop.”

He did.

Not because he wanted to, but because I demanded it.

I turned to face him, my chest rising and falling. “What is she talking about?”

The hallway flickered under red emergency lighting. Somewhere above us, chaos reigned. But down here, it was just...