THE COST OF HEALING
••LUCIEN'S POV••
"You don't need to know," I replied flatly, refusing to answer him.
"I do," he said shortly, his tone carrying a dangerous edge.
"You're trying to investigate her, right? So what tangible thing have you actually found?" he mocked in his usual cold voice.
He was trying to provoke me on purpose, hoping I would get angry enough to stay away from Mira. Honestly, this was the longest conversation I had shared with my brother in a very long time.
Kael was always cold.
I couldn't even remember the last time I saw him laugh... or cry.
Had he ever done either?
Part of me didn't want to answer him at all, but I also knew that if I kept quiet, he would start digging on his own.
And that was the last thing I wanted.
"Her birth records are nowhere to be f
