Elara's POV

The new chambers connected to Lucien's through a shared sitting room. He had moved me there immediately after the assassination attempt but I still could not sleep.

Every shadow looked like an attacker. Every sound became footsteps approaching. I lay in the oversized bed staring at the ceiling until my eyes burned.

Three nights passed this way. On the fourth I finally dozed off near dawn.

The window shattering woke me instantly.

A figure crouched on the sill. Male this ...