The Wife Who Returned
"She's mine! You stole her—you always steal everything!"
Lucien didn't respond with words. His face was a mask of cold fury, the brooding intensity I'd always known exploding into something primal, terrifying. He knew how to fight as well— seemed like years of quiet training, boxing gyms in the shadows to channel the rage he'd buried since childhood. He absorbed the punch, using the momentum to flip them, pinning Adrian beneath him. His fists rained down, precise, brutal, knuckles splitting against Adrian's cheekbone, his nose crunching with a wet snap.