Chapter 37

• Few years earlier, when his father captured Celine, it was motivated by a desire to prevent her from facilitating any potential pairing between him and another woman. Lucio was determined to select a mate for Xavier—someone formidable, someone intrinsically connected to Hell itself.
• His intention was to halt the breeding of hybrids and restore the equilibrium that had been disrupted when Xavier was born, thereby minimizing the risk of further portals opening and the chaos that followed.
• "But you still have to tell him eventually," his mother interjected, pulling him from his reverie.