Chapter 080
Lucian's POV
As soon as I entered the council chamber, I knew something was amiss. Too silent. Too motionless. Everyone appeared to have just consumed something unpleasant. The sound of my boots reverberated on the marble floor. They all watched me as if I were the last to realise the joke, and I detested it.
"They called this meeting without my presence."
Varick growled, sweeping invisible dust from his sleeve as if I were the dirt, "We didn't need your vote."
"It doesn't operate that way."
"It's right now."
They went quickly. The tension in the air was as thick as smoke, and I could feel it. Something changed, abrupt and decisive. My chest constricted.
"Where is she?" I enquired. "What did you do?"
Another said, "Lucian, you ought to have killed her." You paused. You
