Adrian POV

The elevator dinged open. Only when the doors threatened to close did I scramble the courage to leave. I walked out, adjusting my posture, primed in fraudulent confidence. Not even my dismay could dim the grandeur of the ultra-luxurious penthouse suite that belonged to Vampire Count Lucas. So sequestered in the heavens he shared the same gaze as god.

I had the unfortunate task of delivering my master bad news. I had to apprise him of Alicia.

When I ...