Lila’s POV
The next morning, the house was surprisingly quiet.
The usual suffocating tension that seemed to follow Lucien around from room to room was completely gone, mostly because he actually had to fly out to Chicago at dawn for some merger. He was going to be gone for at least two days, leaving me completely alone with Arthur and the rest of the mansion's staff.
For the first time since I arrived here, I felt like I could actually breathe without checking over my shoulder every five seconds. I decided to take full advantage of his absence by planning a movie night in the mansion's private theater room. I wasn't going to spend another day pacing my bedroom floor or throwing a tennis ball against the wall until my arm fell off.
I found Maya in the hallway and gave her a direct order
