Ivy pov

I was in the courtyard when I heard shouting from the guards at the front gate. At first, I thought it was another attack. I rushed toward the entrance, my heart beating fast, but when I reached the wall, the guards were not fighting. They were whispering. They were staring.

Then the doors opened, and I saw Lucien.

He walked in slowly, looking tired and shaken. Behind him were Matteo, Dante, and two more warriors. But it wasn’t them that held my attention. It was the man in the ...