Vinie looked genuinely shocked as he shook his head slowly. “How could Lucian possibly do something like that?” he asked, as if the idea itself was too heavy to accept.
Mattew clenched his jaw, his patience thinning. “Lucian is more dangerous than you think, Vinie. He is not the man you believe he is.”
Vinie swallowed hard, his voice lower now. “But why would he hurt Eleanor? What would he gain from that?”
Mattew exhaled and kept his tone steady, even though his thoughts were already running ahead. “I don’t know his exact reason,” he admitted, “but I do know Lucian never acts without a purpose. If he ever came after Eleanor before, then there was a reason behind it. And if he has returned today, then that also means something important is happening.” He stepped slightly closer, his voic
