Chapter 14

• The Calm Before the Storm
• Amelia was still talking to Judas when I walked through the front door. My bodyguards carried the shopping bags, setting them down on the table where Amelia had directed them.
• The house felt different—busy, tense. Servants rushed around, panicking, preparing for something, but I didn’t know what. I was still trying to process what I’d just seen with Amy. Confusion clouded my thoughts. I found myself standing outside Lucas’s study, the door already open. He was by the window, looking out. When he saw me, he turned, his eyes sharp.