Lucian
“If you truly believed Alaric would attack Mooncrest,” Mara said, her voice sharp and trembling, “you wouldn’t leave me behind to defend it. Not after asking me to promise I wouldn’t shift.” Her eyes locked onto mine, blazing. “What do you take me for, Lucian? Just say it, that you’ve already decided everything, that you don’t need our help. It would sting less than this.”
Her words hit hard.
The room fell silent.
I stood, jaw tight, then turned to Rowan and Denis. “Make sure the troops start moving to Neev immediately. Denis, stay behind if necessary, you're still Delta, but we need all the strength we can get on the ground.”
Then I took Mara by the hand, firm, but not forceful, and led her out of the room. This wasn’t something we could hash out in front of the others. We nee
