Chapter 44

All he could hear on the other end was her faint, shaky breathing. He waited, hoping she'd say something. Then - beep, beep, beep - the call cut off. Lucian stared at the phone, stunned. That hang-up sound echoed in his head and messed with his thoughts. Something's wrong, he told himself. He had to go back and check. Hanging up, he jumped out of bed without hesitation. He'd planned to head to Norfield with Liam, but got sidetracked by a sudden issue in a nearby town. They'd been stuck dealing with it for two full days. Tonight, things had finally wrapped up, and Lucian was ready to rest there - until that call from Ariella completely flipped his mood. "Dylan, we're heading back to Millgrave," he knocked on Dylan' door. Without asking much, Dylan packed up quickly and got them on the road. Two hours later, they pulled up at the apartment complex. Seeing how rushed Lucian was, Dylan thought there was some emergency. But turned out, it was all about that heartless woman. Dylan already di