The absolute silence of the Sterling penthouse was entirely different tonight. It wasn't the heavy, suffocating quiet of a lockdown. It was the immaculate, untouchable peace of a completely conquered kingdom.Forty eight hours before the wedding.Lucian stood in the center of the sprawling executive study, pouring two glasses of imported, vintage bourbon. He was dressed down, wearing only a pair of dark, low slung suit trousers, his broad, heavily scarred chest completely bare to the dim, ambient lighting.The heavy biometric doors slid open with a soft, encrypted chime.Zara walked into the room, her dark hair pinned up loosely, wearing a floor length, completely sheer white silk robe that swept flawlessly across the imported mahogany floor. The massive, ten carat emerald cut diamond caught the ambient light, flashing with undeniable, absolute finality.She carried a single, high gloss society magazine in her manicured hand."You should read this," Zara murmured softly, her icy blue
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