Lucian Pov

I was choking. And not on anything relatively poisonous. No, I was choking on salt. Just because someone thought it was going to be a funny joke to play on me. Well, it turned out to be an expensive one.

“What the heck did you do, Naomi?” I managed to say as my heart constricted in my chest.

“I already played that choking game on you earlier, remember?” She smiled cockily. So she thought I was joking.

I laughed humorlessly as the joke I had plagued her earlier came ...