Happiest man on earth

Lucian woke up first this time around. He looked down at the redheaded beautiful woman sleeping in his arms with her head resting against his chest and one of her arms around his torso. He couldn't help but smile as he recalled how she had been bold enough to seduce him last night into giving in. She had been foolishly courageous, but he couldn't help but be proud of it.

Despite the fact that the darkness inside him had taken over his body for a moment, his wife had not attempted to run for her life and instead coaxed him back to his senses. If someone had told him a few months ago that he'd fall in love with a woman again after Selene's betrayal, he'd have killed that person on the spot for how much he despised the thought of loving any woman again or having that life every man longed to have with a wife. He had killed those feelings so long ago because he thought of himself as unfortunate.