Lucious took long strides as he walked back into the room. It wasn’t long ago Dayna left and he stepped out to check on baby Axel. He had completed his talk with Elliot on the way before coming back to his mate.

His mate was still laying there, eyes closed and beads of sweat was still evident on her forehead. For a moment there, Lucious breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe Dayna was wrong. Her medicine probably worked and put his mate to sleep. He settled down besides her and his hand moved to ...