~Nadia
Lucian’s hand was still wrapped around mine as we descended the stairs. His palm was warm and grounding.
I wondered who was visiting at that time of the day.
It was probably a council member who needed to inform Lucian about anything.
Or maybe a guard had delivered some bad news. I thought
But halfway down, Lucian's steps slowed, and so did mine.
Three people stood in the living room, framed by the tall windows where the morning light poured through. The air shifted instantly…Lucian froze beside me, then blinked as if unsure he was seeing right.
“Aldric?” he breathed.
The man who stood in the center…tall, muscular, like a warrior who'd been fighting all his life, with eyes almost the same shade of green as Lucian’s…turned, his lips curving into a grin.
“Brother.”
Before I
