Lucian's POV "My lord… what do you have to say about the recent development?" I was in a haze of my own thoughts, and whatever they had just said, I wasn't paying any attention. I tapped my hands rhythmically on my side. I felt so restless. It wasn’t just me—it was also my wolf. It felt like I could not breathe. I didn’t wait for them to finish; I just got up and walked out of there, needing space to breathe. I held my chest once I was out of there, and I groaned in pain. I didn’t understand what was actually happening. "Saraphina…" I breathed. My senses became super heightened, but I could not smell her. I quickly made my way to my chambers where I'd left her this morning, but she was gone. I couldn’t sense her presence even in the palace, not just in the room. "Get me Darius!" I

