The shock Lucas felt disappeared and anger replaced it as he and everyone else watched the powerful woman walk into the room to the side where the men sat. She took her seat so gracefully Laurel envied her from where she watched.

She was part of the bridal train and so such an entrance could not be missed form where she sat. It was the same woman she had seen at Luciana's birthday. She was sure no one invited her here, seeing the way Lucas hardly talked about her. Sometimes she was ...