Lucien’s POV
The sky was already clearing by the time I finished formulating my next move. With the first light of dawn, I decided it was time to handle this once and for all. I needed to get to the root of the rot in my house. I took the private stairs to my office, avoiding the staff; I didn't trust what I would do to them. They were all complicit. Every one of them had disobeyed my orders.
Opening the mind-link, I commanded, "Hannah, come to my office. Now." I enunciated every syllable with sharp intent.
"Good morning, Lucien. Is something the matter?" she replied, using that faux-niceness she used to charm the world. I closed the link without a word to let her know I meant business.
Three minutes later, she knocked. I told her to enter.
As she stepped in, her eyes darted everywher
