Chapter 49 Crown And Carnal
- It was past midnight by the time they returned to the estate.
- Lucien didn’t speak. Not at first. He stood behind her like a shadow, watching as she peeled off the blood-red coat she wore like a war banner and laid it across the back of a velvet chair. Her heels clicked softly on marble. The scent of blood and gunpowder still clung to her skin.
- She didn’t look at him.