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Chapter 16 - Lucien

Author: Bryant
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-20 18:21:17
My father didn’t come unless he needed something. And when he did, he was always an omen before the storm. No pleasantries. No masks. Gerrard Nerezza never needed either, not when it came to me.

I didn’t say a word as I trailed him through the empty hallways and up the crystal stairwell that spiraled around the inner walls of the faculty tower, a room set aside for visiting dignitaries and heads of state. I could already hear his voice, fast and low in my ear, insisting that I bring her close. Study her. Help us control the… situation. Control her, in other words.

But it wasn’t lost on me that he took one of the higher rooms. Always looking down on everything. Everyone. Including me.

He didn’t speak until we were alone and the wards sealed with a low thrum. “She’s more than a curiosity now,” he said, eyes still fixed on the window as if he could see her from here. “The girl. The dragon.”

I said nothing. He would talk whether I responded or not.

“She’s powerful,” he went on, hands
Bryant

Lucien’s father is in for a rude awakening when he learns Nora is his son's mate. And the one who gets bragging rights of kissing her first!

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