LEAH
His eyes don’t leave my face, even when he drops my hand, making the silence between us grow like a wall, thick and heavy.
“Exactly what I feared,” Lucian mutters again, low and sharp like gravel scraping stone. My heart thunders against my ribs like it’s trying to escape my chest.
I whisper, “What does that mean?”
He doesn’t answer me, well… not immediately. He just turns from me, pacing the room like the walls are closing in on him. My hand is still raised between us, the one that just glowed silver.
“Lucian, please speak to me. Is something wrong with me?” I cry out, my lips quivering. My whole body feels like it’s trembling from the inside out.
He finally stops pacing and faces me. There’s something feral in his eyes, something barely controlled. It makes my breath catch
