Chapter 76

76 The LakeMaraThe lake was peaceful-almost too peaceful.The water shimmered like glass, barely disturbed by the occasional breeze. I watched the reflection of the sky ripple, trying to lose myself in the quiet. But Theo’s words wouldn’t leave me alone. They kept echoing in my mind like a riddle l couldn’t quite crack.Why would anyone want to kill Lucian and me?If it was about the Alpha Mark, then Vander should’ve been a target too. Or Darian. But Lucian was the one they’d gone after-and I was collateral. Nothing more. That alone told me this wasn’t about the mark.It was personal.