LUCIAN
“Leah,” I call out softly as I step back into the room, looking between her and her mother, Queen Reyna. She turns away from me almost immediately, her eyes heavy with tears. And in that moment I knew, I broke her.
“I didn't tell you to come back yet.” Queen Reyna snaps. “Please, I need to be here,” I reply, my eyes trained of Leah.
Fuck! I broke the one person that matters to me. The council can't be blamed for not wanting me back, everything I touch, I destroy. I broke my mate, and she can't bear to look at me anymore. It's like I am the thing she needs to run from.
She looks back at me and I open my mouth to call her again, but before I do, she runs for the door. “I need some air,” she says, her voice cracking. At first, I'm unable to move, my chest caving in, and my feet
