Chapter 5

Sunlight filtered into the room, and Lucian groaned when it hit his face. He turned, his hand searching for a warm body sleeping next to him, but the sheets beside him were cold, the bed empty. His eyes flew open, searching the room, but there was no evidence that she had been in it except for her scent, which circulated the space, promising to turn him feral like it did in the night.

He sat up, resting his back against the wrought iron bars of the bed. Everything that had happened during the night came back to him.

The way…