Chapter 70

• Lucian’s POV
• Feeling mentally numb and paralyzed by the shocking revelation, I clutched my hands together tightly, desperately trying to stop them from trembling. My whole world seemed to tilt as if I were on the edge of a precipice, and I was struggling to keep my balance. All I could hear was a relentless ringing in my ears, and the sounds around me were muffled as if I were submerged underwater. My thoughts were blank, a chaotic void where reason and comprehension should have been.
• The image of Aurora—whom I had loved so deeply and passionately—transforming into a wolf replayed in my mind like a horrific, relentless loop. It was a terrifying sight, watching the woman I thought I knew so well become something entirely alien. The realization that this person I cherished was, in fact, a stranger was like a blow to the gut.