The Beast Untethered

Lucius POV

She stood there with her arms wrapped around herself looking at him with an expression that was doing several things at once.

"How old are you?" she said.

"Why?"

"You look young to have his face."

"He had me young."

She was quiet.

"It's a waste," she said finally. "That's what I think. Whatever we do with you in the morning — it's a waste." She looked at him, not quite apologetic, not q