The Weight of a Mistake

Lucius POV

"Your wife?"

The clearing went silent.

Even Surge stopped smiling.

Lucius immediately knew he'd made a mistake.

Not because he had spoken. Because he had reacted.

Surge stepped closer.

"Interesting."

Lucius said nothing.

Surge folded his arms.

"So you have a wife."

Lucius leaned back against the center stone inside the circle.

"I said nothing."

"You said plenty."

Surge crouched.

"A wife