CHAPTER 21

  Lucien:

  I should have known this was a bad idea.

  In hindsight, I think I already knew the reaction I would be getting from both parties would be shock and anger, but I guess I was too stupid to make a better decision. Besides, I did need to get that machine for Raleigh.

  When we walked in, Wren had luckily opened the door. Thinking that Lucinda was busy, I was going to ask Wren for the machine, but then Lucinda had appeared from the hidden doorway behind her bookshelf.

  And that's when all of hell broke loose.

  I didn't exactly catch who saw the other first, but I could feel the sheer anger and betrayal radiating from both sides. Greg looked more awestruck, as if he thought he'd never see Lucinda

  again after her pack transfer.

  "Greg?" Lucinda asked, her voice a slight whisper, sounding in awe as well.