Testing the Dark Alpha

LUCIUS POV

Cassian paced the length of my antechamber floor, the rhythmic click of his boots grating against my nerves. The grandfather clock in the corner struck three, each chime ringing like an iron hammer inside my skull.

Cassian stopped near the archway and looked back at me with tight lips. "She still has not returned."

I threw my heavy travel cloak over my shoulders. The council of seven