Scarlett stared at Lucien's face as he finished speaking, his eyes distant with the weight of memory. She could sense there was more to the story—something profound that connected everything together.
"After Elena's death..." she prompted gently.
Lucien's words had trailed off, and he seemed lost in the past. Scarlett hesitated before asking the questions that had been lingering in her mind since he first mentioned Elena.
"How did Elena die exactly?" she asked softly. "And what was that errand Ezra sent you on?"
Lucien chuckled darkly, his gray eyes seemingly fixed on something far away. "A fool's errand," he said bitterly. "That's what it was."
He took a deep breath before continuing. "Ezra came to me, saying the Council had a mission for me. To go to the human world and retrieve an
