LUCIEN’S POV
I woke up with a violent gasp, like my body had been plunged into ice water. For a moment, I kept my eyes fixed on the ceiling, feeling the room spin around me.
Then reality hit.
The smell of Kellen beside me and beneath both of ours, a faint unmistakable smell... Eira.
My whole body froze.
Last night slammed me like a punch to the gut. Her mouth, her skin, her heat. My own loss of control and the bond dragging the three of us under until we could no longer think.
I pushed upright on the bed, my chest heaving. My skin was awfully electric, my blood pulsed like something ancient had awakened inside of me.
I felt stronger, sharper and more powerful than I had ever felt in my life. My eyes grew wide at the sudden realization popping up in my mind.
The prophecy, it had to
