TAKE OVER THE WORLD

Lucian's POV.

“What?” I growled.

I grabbed a wine glass on the table and hurled it across the room. It struck the maid squarely before clattering to the ground, but I didn’t care. My blood was boiling too hot to care.

“What do you mean she’s gone?” I roared.

The maid trembled, her hands pressed against her bleeding arm where the glass had cut her.

“Sh-she’s nowhere to be seen, my lord. She wasn’t in her room… she’s nowhere in the house.”

“Nowhere to be seen?” My voice cracked with fury. “She was in her room! I left for a few hours, just a few hours! And I return to hear this?” My chest heaved, my vision narrowing as rage swallowed me whole.

Behind me, Jeremy’s voice came cautiously. “My lord, I think you should calm down. Maybe she went out for a bit—”

“Calm down?” I snapped. “It’s the next day, Jeremy. The next damn day! She never leaves without telling me. She isn’t even allowed outside these walls.”

Jeremy swallowed, his face paling. “Then… somebody took her.”

My hands curled int