Chapter 87

Lucien’s Pov

I had a bad feeling about all of this.

We’d exposed Kael. The evidence was irrefutable—his twisted schemes, his manipulation, the surveillance, the secret files. He was in chains now, locked away in the Academy's most secure facility. Everyone said it was over. They were wrong.

Because deep in my bones, I knew better. Something still lingered in the shadows.

Teya had gone to her parents’ home, alone. She needed to. The last few days had taken a brutal toll on her—emotionally, physically, mentally. The confrontation with Kael, the attack, the truth about her mother, and the betrayal layered beneath it all… it would have broken a lesser person. But she was still standing. My perfect mate.

I wanted to be by her side. Every damn instinct in me roared to follow, to protect her, to shield her from whatever might come next. But she’d asked for space—for time. And I respected her enough to give it, even if it killed me inside.

Still, I couldn’t rest.

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