Elara's POVI could not stop shaking.Lucien brought me back to his private quarters and poured wine into a glass with hands steadier than mine. I sat on the edge of a chair and tried to process what Seraphine had said.Breeding experiments. Genetic extraction. A new race of hybrid monsters with my blood as foundation."Drink." Lucien pressed the glass into my hands. "It will help with the shock."I drank and the wine burned going down but did nothing to warm the cold terror in my stomach. "She is going to use me like an animal. Force me to—" I could not finish the sentence."No." Lucien knelt in front of me. "She is not. I will not allow it.""You heard her. She does not care what you allow. Your protection only extends as far as she permits." My voice broke. "I am trapped here and she will take what she wants regardless of how much you object.""Then we will leave." He said it simply as if the solution was obvious. "I will get you out of Nocturna before she can implement her plans."
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