Lucius’ POV

“You didn’t have to go to the hotel yourself. You could have called me to go with you, my Lord.”

It took me a couple of minutes to process what he just said, “What are you saying?”

“I meant that you didn’t have to go the hotel to go fetch Oren yourself. You could have simply called him to come meet you at the palace. Now Talon is afraid to call you and he’s on my neck.”

“Why is he calling you? And why are you disturbing at this time of the night?”

“Oren has a disorder and has to take some pills every night. It’s time for...