NIRELLE

I stop the livestream and watch Lucien walk away. I can't wrap my mind around the reason he stops me when this is for his good. I want him to know that I am not here to use him or endanger him and that I can fight if the need arises. Maybe he is angry at me, disappointed that I had done all of this, and this even hurts more than thinking that he was angry. At least he could lash out like Theo, and I would understand, but all I got was silence and walking away.

It had been a little over ...