#Chapter 37: The Talk

Sienna’s POV It felt so good to laugh. I hadn’t laughed like this in so long — I was carefree, my problems long forgotten. The only thing in my mind was joy. Lucius was telling me some of his childhood stories, how he was a mischievous child, running around the grounds of the capital city when he wasn’t supposed to. As our laughter subsided, I looked at him. Really looked at him. “Aren’t you ever lonely?” I asked, the conversation turning serious after a lighthearted break down memory lane. His eyes settled on mine, pausing to think about his response. “Don’t we all?” He said with a sad smile, and I knew the answer to my question was yes. What baffled me was that Lucius had never locked down a mate. He’d told me it just hadn’t happened for him, and he’d never been pressed to marry with his powerful family line backing him. That must have been nice. I could only imagine how it would have felt to not have had the stress of