Chapter 162. Fight

Lilith POV

I was really going to die. Drevana had said that if we didn’t kill Lucien, then he would kill us and after seeing those pure red eyes filled with killing intent, I didn’t doubt her for a second. That man would truly kill me if I didn’t do something.

The man standing before me wasn’t like the Lucien I knew, which was ironic considering that even the old Lucien wouldn’t have hesitated to kill me too. But this one… this one felt different. More terrifying.

I stared, panting hard on the ground, my throat burning from the earlier assault, my chest rising and falling as a slow grin spread across his face. Before I could even process it, he moved.

So fast I didn’t even see his shadow. One second he was against the wall, and the next, just as my eyes widened and I scrambled up, he was right in front of me, his fist cutting through the air so violently that it seemed to ripple around it.

As I watched him aim the punch straight at my head, his s