THEO’S POINT OF VIEW.

I wasn’t listening to Lucien…not really anyway. Yeah, he was in the middle of going off on Roxanne, and declaring war on her entire fucking lineage, while declaring his claim over Sloane, while the world watched.

But all I could focus on was her.

Seraphina.

Her dark hair fell to her back as she stood with tense shoulders, and her entire gaze was transfixed on Lucien. I watched as she bit her lip slightly, a sign of her tension as she clutched her school jacket in ...