LUCIUS’ POV: I stood at the doors of the throne room, the guards that surrounded him already making their way towards me. "I'll deal with this!" He said, his confidence ringing in my ears as he gradually approached me, his swagger never faltering as he strolled towards me. He let go of his regalia, exposing his broad and bare chest. He suddenly started to morph. I took this as a cue. If we were going to fight, then we were going to do it in our true forms. Immediately, I switched to Damon. I realised too late that he was an inch close to me. I tried to swerve out of the way but he held my forearms and with the power I knew he stole, threw me across the room. I got my back hit so hard, I tried not to groan. Immediately, I stood up and before I could even take a stance, he was alrea

