Chapter 109

Lucien's POV The Nightshade courtyard felt suffocating, as though the walls themselves were pressing on my chest. Every step echoed with the reminder that I had been too complacent. If I hadn't been so obsessed with the fact that I was their target, maybe... maybe this wouldn't have happened. Scarlett wouldn't have been kidnapped. When I saw that the room was a mess, and the warrior I stationed at our door to guard her—thinking that no one should disturb her for the time being—was missing, my heart sank. I glanced at the warrior, who was now on his knees with his head bowed low. "I'm sorry, Alpha. I failed my duty." Even if he begged, it couldn't change the fact that Scarlett was gone. "Can you recall his face? If you want to apologize, help us find my Luna." I tried to keep my tone calm—I couldn't let them see my anxiety. All of this was because of that one spy. "I—I couldn't see his face. He was wearing a maid's outfit, so I assumed he was a servant sent to care for Luna. But I swear