Lucian's POV
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Axel bringing him news that the Eastern wolves council were coming next month was already enough to rile him up.
The fact that the Dark Hand had managed to send a witch so skilled that he breached the palace's Security was enough to get his agitation in a knot.
Elian and Kyren spending so much time together all of a sudden was enough to make him question everything.
But when his mother summoned him to her chambers with a shocking revelation, he knew he wouldn't be able to contain all that pent-up rage much longer.
"You heard me right, Lucian." Luna Queen Elowen had said with a light sigh, taking off her jewellery in front of her vanity mirror like she wanted to retire to bed early. "Not only has your father been sponsoring the Dark Hand, but your grandfather apparently did something terrible to the man who's now its leader."
The room was large but dimly lit, giving Lucian only a vague view of his mother's figure as her back faced him.
