The Velvet Observation

POV: Evangeline

The heavy silence of the dungeon still gripped my lungs as Lucien shifted his focus back to me. His hand rested heavily on the small of my back, his palm radiating a fierce, grounding heat. Without another glance at the terrified girls waiting below, he guided me up a set of dimly lit stairs. We bypassed the standard seating areas, climbing higher into the cavernous club room unti