Lucian found me walking back in with a teary eye, right as the crowd was turning around as well. They were eating now, but they paused and focused instead, on making sure I knew they haven't forgotten about Petra's question. The devil in question was sitting at one of the high tables, smirking at me as I re-entered the grand hall, whispering something to another girl by her side. Goddess, her sister. There's two of those? Why does Lucian keep them around? Lucian wrapped an arm around my shoulder and guided me away from the stares, back out the path that led to the other wing of the house. "I'm sorry about Petra," he said a bit too loudly, "she sometimes gets a weird satisfaction from digging into people's pain. Once we get your wolf unbound, you will deal with her as you please." "Thank you Luc. I feel tired though." “That's expected. Go to bed, Cara,” he said quietly. “I’ll finish up here. You don't have to stick around." “Okay,” I whispered, "you're the best." He squeezed
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