Chapter 270
- Lucien’s POV
- The night air was cool, heavy with the lingering scent of asphalt and city smoke. Riley walked beside me, her shadow stretching long under the streetlamps, thin and fragile like she might disappear if I looked away too long.
- I halted, my instincts screaming that if I didn’t make her see the truth now, I might lose her to the poison Maddox had tried to pour into her head.