This chapter contains mature and sensitive content, including scenes of psychological distress. These elements are integral to the characters' journeys and the dark themes of the story, but they may be triggering or uncomfortable for some readers.
Please read at your own discretion.
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Lucian's POV ~
She turned her face away from me.
That one small movement. That one deliberate, shattering act… it broke something inside me.
As if I was filth. As if my touch would smear dirt on her body.
And she is some untouchable goddess who couldn't bear to be tainted by someone like me.
My chest rose and fell with erratic breath. I stared down at her tear-streaked face, and all I could feel was heat boiling in my veins. Rage, shame, need all of them twisted inside me at once.
She wasn't supposed to cry for him. Did he matter to her so much?
