Lucian’s POV
I stood at the window of my study, arms crossed, watching the dust from Darius’s horses settle on the forest road. The gates had barely closed behind him and Liora before the silence in the palace felt heavier than usual.
Kylan dropped into the chair across from my desk without waiting for an invitation. He stretched his legs and let out a long breath. “Well, that was pleasant. Nothing says ‘old friends’ like showing up unannounced with your venomous Luna and asking roundabout questions about glowing girls and healing powers.”
I didn’t turn around. “He knows something. Or at least he suspects. The training field incident reached him. He was fishing. ‘Illuminating lately.’ ‘Rare things tucked away.’ ‘Light that could heal old wounds.’ He wants whatever power is hiding in my
