Chapter 21

21 Two Months Later

Mara

Ever since the library incident with Darian, Lucian had changed.

He was still polite-pleasant, even. Bought me everything he thought I needed without being asked. But the distance

between us was obvious.

Unspoken, cold, and deliberate. He came home late now, slipping in during the early hours, quiet as a ghost. I didn’t ask

where he went. I already knew.