Semua Bab LOVING MR HOCKEY STAR: Bab 231

Lucien's POV The world spun, and I felt myself being pulled back through dimensions, through the space between worlds, until— I gasped awake in my apartment, sprawled on the floor beside the blood sigil. My palm was still bleeding from the cut I'd made, and my wrist burned where the council mark pulsed with angry red light. 48 hours to kill Maya Cross. Or be executed myself. I lay there for a long moment, staring at the ceiling, my mind racing. I thought about Maya's smile when she successfully healed a wounded bird yesterday. The way her eyes lit up when she mastered a new technique. The quiet strength she'd shown despite everything she'd been through. I thought about her dedication to protecting people, even when it put her at risk. Her refusal to use her powers for revenge against those who'd hurt her. Her determination to be better than the darkness inside her. Maya wasn't Lyralei. She was her own person, with her own choices. And I'd be damned if I let the council murder her