LUCIEN

"What took you so long?" Theo asked with a teasing, disgusting expression on his face as his gaze trailed from my face to Nirelle's face. He did not need to speak for us to know what he was thinking in that moment.

"Get your mind out of the gutter," I say, giving him a cold stare, but it seemed that he thought it was funny because he doubled over, cackling as he pressed his palm to his knees.

"Oh, come on, Theo, you did not need to paint that image in my head." Zane came into view, also ...