LUCIEN’S POV The sharp piercing pain that came from being stabbed by a knife was nothing new to me. I’d been hurt numerous times during trainings and wars. But at all times, the attacks came from either enemies or friends who didn’t mean to actually hurt me. But for the first time, reverse was the case. The attack wasn’t coming from an enemy. Or a friend who didn’t actually want to hurt me. It was from someone I used to consider close to me. Really close to me. And he really wanted to hurt me. “Kane, how could you?” My wince came out louder than I expected, probably because it was laced with the fresh hurt of betrayal. With shaky breath, my gaze shifted to my stomach, blood trickling from the spot he had just dug his knife into, the room suddenly heavy with tension. He glared at me