#Chapter 24: Under The Starlight

Lucian’s POV It took a while for me to finally calm Sheila down enough to hang up the phone, but when I finally did, I breathed a big sigh of relief. At the end, she still insisted I come home, but at least she wasn’t threatening suicide anymore. I’d convinced her that I would leave early. Early, however, did not mean this minute. Right now, I had to find Aria. After finding her missing from the pool area, I searched through the house. Coming up empty once again, I tried to think about where she would have gone. Then I remembered how she would often compliment my mother on her gardens. Aria loved it out there. I cursed myself. Knowing that, the gardens should have been the first place I checked. Rushing outside, I searched for Aria and found her wandering among the flowers. Her face was turned upright, her eyes on the stars. The starlight complimented her features, making her skin glow. She looked ethereal like this, almost as if she didn’t belong in this world, among u