Chapter 163. I Thought I Lost You

Sydney’s loud scream echoed across the vast chamber of the throne room. Her screams were a desperate mix of anguish, disbelief and pain.

Even right now, as she lay on the marble floor of the throne room, she could not believe that she had been caught.

Above her, Lucien stood with a narrowed gaze filled with fury, his body radiated the quiet, pulsating calm that came just before a storm. His fury was simmering so close to his aura, that even the guards standing outside the throne room had to shift their positions until they were far away to not be affected.

Lucien had since had her hands bound by long iron chains, they rattled as Sydney struggled to get them off her.

“You can’t do this to me,” she screamed, her voice still marked by disbelief, “I’m the daughter of an elder.”

Lucien didn’t even blink, his fiery gaze was fixed on hers,

“You’ve spread lies, Sydney,” he said quietly, each word that left his lips was a blade, “Lies that have caused my m