Chapter 153

Lucian POV

I was halfway through a late-night report when my phone buzzed on the desk. At first, I barely looked at it, expecting one of my officers to be calling about something routine, something I could handle tomorrow. But when my eyes finally landed on the name flashing across the screen, I straightened immediately.

Olivia.

That alone was enough to make me pause. She had never called me before, not once. Whatever this was, it wasn’t casual.

I answered without thinking twice.

“Olivia?”

There was a brief silence on the other end, just long enough for me to hear wind brushing through the background, faint but steady, like she was standing outside somewhere exposed.

Then her voice came through, controlled but not as steady as she probably wanted it to be.

“Lucian… I need a favor.”

That was all she said, but it was enough.

I was already moving before the call even ended, grabbing my keys and heading out without finis