Lucian stood before me, his eyes shadowed with the weight of a confession he could no longer carry. The war between our people had reached its peak, but it wasn’t the chaos of battle that had brought him to my side tonight. No, it was something far deeper, something I had always known but never dared to fully understand.
His voice broke the silence of the room. "Celeste, there’s something you need to know. Something I should have told you long ago."
I leaned back against the table, my fingers curled tightly around the edges. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to hear it, but I knew there was no turning back now. "What is it, Lucian?"
He paused, running a hand through his dark, messy hair. "I wasn’t always a rogue. I wasn’t always... the person you know now."
I raised an eyebrow, my heart qui
