Everyone has their own plans

*Thud*

Lucien comes out of the portal inside the large bathroom again. His blood runs down the floor as his energies close his wounds.

Lust materializes her body beside him and tries to help him, but she also looks upset. "Why did you do that without telling me??? You could have really died if you were wrong about the Leviathan!"

He doesn't groan even though he feels so much pain all over his body. Then he holds her hand while she smiles lovingly. "You were very tired, and I wasn't sure about that yet. But I knew I wasn't wrong about that when I saw fear and anger in the creature's eyes, and she still didn't kill me."

"When did you start to suspect that?" Lust asks.

He tries to stay seated as he explains. "I don't know exactly when, but she kept saying she was doing that to get revenge on Aylin by hurting me. But I think it was clear that to hurt me, she should go after the girls and not test the limits of my body."