~ 8 DAYS TO EXECUTION~

Lucas’s POV

~12 AM~

I looked out of the windows lost in thought, it's so dark out there, the sun has fully retired off the day yet the palace was anything but asleep. I stood by the window, arms folded across my chest.

Kieran's breathing was ragged in the bed behind me. I sighed heavily. The two of them, motionless, like they had no life in them.

I could hear the soft murmurs of the royal ...