Chapter 30

Ella POV

I am caught somewhere between anger, sadness, and desperation as I drag Lucian into my bedroom and shut the door behind me. Giving the lock a quick twist, I pull Lucian into my arms. His body is tense under my touch.

“Can you ever forgive me?”

I sob into his chest.

Lucian pulls away and looks at me with his tear-filled blue eyes. “It isn’t your fault, Ella,”

he says but I can tell that he doesn’t fully believe it.

“You don’t have to lie to me,”

I respond. “If he hadn’t been my friend…”

but I am unable to finish my thoughts as another round of tears over come me.

Wandering over to my bed, Lucian sits down and places his head in his hands. “I met Alec the night you met Erebus,”

he begins. “I knew instantly that he was my mate, but I saw the way he looked and flirted with you. It was clear that he had feelings for you. He would glance at me uncomfortably out of the corner of his eyes, and I knew that he felt th