Lucien
“Why didn’t you wake me?” Eli scolded.
“Eli, it was late! What did you want me to do, come running into your room and tell you that Skol was asking for my health?”
He puffed out a breath and grumbled to himself quietly. I had gathered my family in the drawing room after breakfast and told them of what had happened last night. Mama Cassia, Malaka and Sakina were also in attendance. She was glaring at me angrily.
“Look, all he did was ask if I was well. Then he asked if I was still with him.”
“And what did you say?” Eli asked.
“Well, I said yes, of course I am, uncle. I told him that Masi and Ruksana were in the dungeons below, half of which is true. In the meantime, I said I withdrew my challenge, as I felt my powers wane upon Ruksana’s capture and told you I had come to my
