Lucien POV

“You don’t need to be here.”

I paused at the doorway and looked back at Torren. He stood beside the council table with three other leaders, all of them focused, all of them waiting.

“I know,” I said.

Torren raised an eyebrow. “Then why are you hovering?”

I exhaled and stepped back fully. “Old habit.”

He nodded once. “We’ve got it.”

That was it. No challenge. No hesitation.

I turned and left the hall.

That still felt strange.

Bloodmoon moved without me ...