Mara
I remained by the lake long after Darian left.
His breakdown unsettled me, and I couldn't shake the feeling that this wasn’t the end of it—not by a long shot. He was the reason I couldn’t move freely through the mansion. His obsession with me was becoming a problem no one wanted to name aloud, but we were all living with the consequences.
I glanced down at my phone, hoping Lucian would call. He’d been gone nearly three hours. What could be keeping him? I wanted to hear his voice. To feel his presence and remind myself that some part of this world still made sense.
Nothing Darian said had gotten to me. Not really. My mind was focused on one thing—the people who tried to kill me and my husband. Everything else was noise.
After a while, I linked a staff member and asked them to coll
