Chapter 12: Bound to His Death
“If he dies… you die with him.”
The words didn’t just echo.
They settled.
Heavy. Suffocating. Final.
For a moment, I couldn’t breathe.
My fingers curled weakly against the cold floor as I stared at the man in front of me—the stranger who had appeared out of nowhere and shattered everything I thought I understood.
“No…” I whispered.
It came out broken. Fragile. Wrong.
“That’s not possible.”
Silence answered me.
Not comforting silence.
The kind that confirms your worst fear.
My gaze shifted slowly—reluctantly—to Lucian.
He hadn’t moved.
He stood there like a shadow carved into power itself. Calm. Controlled. Untouched by the chaos exploding inside me.
“Tell me he’s lying,” I demanded, my voice trembling despite everything I tried to hold togethe
