Chapter 96: The Hidden Ritual
Lucas’s POV
As I combed through the jumbled documents, the lighting flickered, and each page spoke about a history I was only starting to comprehend. Though the stillness in the room was oppressive, thoughts of Aria and Veyron's impending danger were always in my head. We were getting closer to the ceremony that would cut off our ties, our strength, and maybe even our lives, and time was running out.
I was always aware of the dangers of the mate connection. However, I was unaware of how deeply ingrained its roots were until recently. The weight of centuries-old secrets made the ink hardly readable, and my fingers shook as I turned the fragile pages. What had I been oblivious to for all these years, I wondered?
The mysterious texts I had discovered were rif
