DARIUS POV
I stopped in Ravenna's room to drop her bag before I climbed up to my room, feeling wary down to my bones.
Lucian was waiting outside my door. Perfect.
I nodded in greeting as I passed him and entered my room. "Come in, Lucian."
The door clicked softly as he closed it. I walked to my coffee table and poured myself a glass of brandy, downing it in one go, the familiar burn smoothing some of my nerves.
I sighed deeply as I ran my hand through my hair, feeling the weariness set deep into my bones. Now that Ravenna was safe in my territory some of the tension left my body, and in their place tiredness entered. She was safe now, but for how long?
"You don't look good," Lucian commented, sitting on the chair beside me.
"I don't feel good," I answered.
I leaned back on my
