Lucien’s POV — First Person

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It had been a week since everything changed—since I changed.

The silver light still flickered beneath my skin like a storm waiting to break. My senses were sharper, my strength unmatched, and my hunger… insatiable.

I could hear everything—every heartbeat in the packhouse, every whisper between walls, every breath Aria took beside me when she thought I was asleep.

But sleep never came to me now. Not really.

Ever since I awakened my vampire side to save Lily, something in me had shifted. The part of me that longed only for my mate’s comfort was now at war with a darker urge—a deeper craving....