Lucien’s POV

I watched Seraphina storm off to her room. I was pissed off at her attitude towards Madame Vivienne and Talia. I stood in the hallway for a moment, listening to the heavy thud of her door closing upstairs. It felt like another barrier being slammed between us, just one more wall in a house already full of them. I didn't understand why she was attacking the only people who could actually help her.

'What's her problem?' I thought. I felt the heat of irritation rising in my chest, ...