LUCIAN's POV
"I don't want you, Lucian..."
Her words echoed, reverberating in my mind like a haunting refrain. I stood there, staring at her, lost for words. My heart was wrapped in an emotion I had never felt before, and she was telling me she didn't want me.
I had no idea a few words strung together could shatter me so completely. This had never happened to me before.
Why did I still see something different when I looked into her eyes? I must have been spinning tales for myself because I expected to see a longing in her gaze that matched my own. For the first time in my life, I was rejected. At least, from what I could remember.
Ordinarily, such a situation would compel me to brush it off with indifference. I wanted to say something, but the words got stuck in my throat, forming a p
