Veronica's POV
He kept going on and on and on, but I just tuned him out at some point because I also had my own problems. To begin with, I wasn’t sure why Lucian suddenly changed.
“Veronica… Veronica, are you listening to me?”
That was when I pulled myself back to the present and into the conversation.
“Yes, Father,” I said, not daring to meet his gaze. “I’ve heard all you said, and I will do as you have asked.”
He nodded, pleased, but that was a lie. I didn’t hear a single thing he said. And how was I supposed to start telling him our perfect plan had a dent in it?
Lucian wasn’t how he used to be. Now he was more distant, absent-minded when I spoke, and he doesn’t even touch me not anymore.
I was going to be his queen, even if he couldn’t see it. I didn’t know what had changed, but
