"Then come here."
My feet stayed planted. What if he already knew?
Lucien closed the distance between us. My fingers tightened around the pendant beneath my clothes. Don't let him see the necklace. The warning returned so clearly that I shivered — the voice from the darkness outside my door last night. At the time I hadn't understood the words. Now they made too much sense. Someone had known Lucien would be searching for the necklace. And somehow, I had it.
"Elena." His voice pulled me back. I looked up. He was directly in front of me now. "Come here." I didn't move. "I'm already standing here." His expression tightened. "You know what I mean." I forced myself to breathe evenly. His gaze shifted toward my chest again, and I stepped back on instinct. "Why are you acting strangely?" "I'm
