Lucien’s POV.
I was sitting at my desk, papers scattered everywhere. It had been one of those mornings where everything seemed to need my attention at once. I rubbed my temples, trying to push through the stack of mail and tasks I had to handle.
That was when I saw it. The envelope with Rolf’s seal on it. I didn’t even want to open it, although that wouldn’t have been very classy of me. Still, curiosity got the better of me, and I opened it anyway.
Sure enough, it was an invitation to Rolf’s birthday celebration which I’d been getting word of for a while now. I stared at it for a moment, taking in the bold letters and fancy script.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” I muttered under my breath.
My first thought was to ignore it, throw it in the trash, and forget it ever arrived. But despit
