LUCIEN The knocks on the door now are too urgent compared to the ones from last night. I gently wake and look around, seeing Nirelle still lying in my arms as we had fallen asleep last night. She looked too peaceful with her thick black hair beautifully sprawled across the bed. I stare at her, ignoring the urgency of the knock at the door. I know that whatever Theo wants to say won't be what I want to hear, and I want to savour this moment as much as I can. I look at the clock, and it is just a few minutes after six. We had barely gotten any sleep, and all hell had already broken loose outside. "How can anyone think of treating this angel this badly?" I ask myself gently as I stare at her. My conclusion is that everyone in the Thamore and Wolfe families is just pure devils who managed t

