The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill
“You stole her!”
For a fraction of a second, the world seemed to hold still. No movement, no sound, no visible reaction.
And somehow, that absence was worse than any immediate retaliation could have been, because anticipation stretched unbearably tight, coiling, twisting, and suffocating.
Then Lucian smiled, but there was nothing warm in it, nothing human. It wasn’t amusement or mockery or even anger. It was empty, hollow, devoid of emotion in a way that made everyone more unsettling.