The Biggest Lie

LUCIUS POV

"Do not come to my chambers."

I heard my own voice. Echoing. In the empty room.

Like it belonged to someone else.

Someone cruel. Someone who meant it.

I didn't mean it.

I grabbed the nearest thing. A vase. Expensive. Some visiting dignitary had gifted it. Meaningless.

Threw it at the wall.

It shattered. Loud. Satisfying.

Not enough.

A glass. A frame. A candlestick. All of it. Against th