Chapter 136
Annalise
I froze.
His eyes were unreadable, his face blank, but there was something in his expression—something different.
The way he was looking at me wasn’t how a guard looked at his Queen.
Heat crept up my neck. "Turn around," I snapped.
Lucien blinked, as if snapping out of whatever trance he was in. His jaw clenched, and without a word, he turned and disappeared back into the trees.
I let out a slow breath, my heart hammering.
What was that?
I shook my head.
Nothing.
Lucien was just tired. That’s all it was.
I forced myself to push the moment aside and stepped out of the lake, droplets cascading down my skin. I grabbed my clothes, quickly slipping them on.
A sharp scream echoed in my mind, piercing through my thoughts like a dagger.
"Mates!"
The voice belong
