Darius pov
We were soon in front of the grand gates and I could see that Lucia was still very nervous. I turned to her and assured her with a smile. “Do not worry. Nobody's going to choke you inside there. I am the one who invited you, I am the one who wants you here so nobody has the audacity to go against my wishes,” I assured her. Just then the door was opened widely as all attention was on me or should I say on us because they were all so shocked to see Lucia.
Lucia seemed to be working very carefully like she did not want to miss her step and disgrace herself but something about the atmosphere was just so different. The way everyone stared at us, the way everyone interacted with us, I could feel it. I could tell that something was not right but I did not want to say anything and j
