Chapter 19 – The Devil's Denial
The car sped along the empty road, its tires humming over the asphalt like an unbroken threat. The low growl of the engine was the only sound between them. Lucian’s hands gripped the wheel tightly, his knuckles pale against the leather, his jaw clenched so hard it hurt.
Marcus’s voice replayed in his head like a broken record: He’s the reason your father is dead.
The words gnawed at him, digging under his skin until they were splinters he couldn’t pull out.
Why had he driven like a man possessed to get there? Why had his chest tightened with something dangerously close to fear?
Lucian Devlin feared no one. Not rivals. Not enemies. Not death.
But the thought of Serena knowing… of her looking at him with recognition instead of that fire and defiance… th
