Elizabeth pointed to one of her father's men. “Hey, you. Go search him,” she said, her eyes never leaving Lucas’s face.The man hesitated for a moment, sensing the cold aura emanating from Lucas’s body. Fear flickered in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it, remembering that they had the man’s wife with them.With that, he mustered up the courage and approached Lucas as he began to search him. He collected the gun Lucas was holding in his hand, and after searching him, he didn’t see anything else on him.Then he stepped aside and held the gun up for Elizabeth to see. “Found this, ma’am,” he said, his voice a little shaky from being near Lucas.Elizabeth glanced at the gun, then back at Lucas, a conflicting expression appearing on her face. A mix of emotions flickered in her eyes: anger, longing, and desire for the man standing before her. “What did you ever see in her?” she asked, her voice curious with a hint of desperation.“I was a better candidate than her,” Elizabeth continued
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