Always family

~ Lucian ~

When we got closer to the palace, I realized that the people who had left before had arrived again. Bernard must have sent some of his people to summon them.

Deep down, I wanted to break free and teach him a lesson, but somehow, I felt extremely weak. I was a Lycan, why wouldn’t I summon the wolf in me?

While tied to the church, I tried too hard to reach that locked-up power inside of me, but it was so hard, I couldn’t even brush the surface.

It wasn’t really surprising because I never really used that part of me. I never found any reason to, and now it seemed like it was gone. Like my Lycan power was dead completely.

I also couldn’t believe I chose to trade my throne for Cassandra’s life. At the point of death, I realized I still loved her and saw her as my wife, regardless of everything that had happened between us.

The soldiers that went with us were armed and more in number compared to the guards at the palace. I knew they had no chance right from when I set my ey