Sacrificed To The Triplet Alpha Kings novel Chapter 262

Chapter 262: Then Mark Me

Lilith lasted two days before she broke.

Two days of staying in her room like Nicholas told her to, two days of hearing Lucian’s footsteps in the hallway and feeling the pull of the incomplete bond tugging at her chest every time he walked past her door without stopping. Two days of Sebastian checking on her with worried eyes and Nicholas bringing her food and neither of them saying what they were all thinking.....that Lucian was getting worse, not better.

On the third morning she woke up to the sound of something breaking outside and she knew immediately it was him.

She got dressed quickly, her body still sore but functional now, and made her way downstairs and out through the side entrance that led to the training yard. The sun was barely up, the sky still grey with dawn, and the estate was quiet except for the rhythmic sound of fists hitting wood over and over and over.

Lilith stopped at the edge of the training yard and watched.

Lucian was alone in the center of the space, shirtless and covered in sweat, his fists slamming into a training dummy with brutal precision. Every hit was controlled and lethal, his body moving like a weapon, his breathing steady despite the violence of it. She could see the muscles in his back flexing with each strike, could see the tension in his shoulders, the way his jaw was clenched so tight it had to hurt.

He knew she was there. She could tell by the way his body shifted slightly, the way his next punch landed harder than the one before. But he did not stop and he did not turn around.

Lilith stepped into the yard and walked toward him slowly. "Lucian."

He hit the dummy again, the impact so hard the wooden post cracked. "Go back inside."

"No." Lilith replied.

"Lilith." Her name came out as a warning, his voice rough and low. "Go back inside."

"Not until you talk to me." Lilith insisted and took a step towards him.

He finally stopped, his fists still raised, his chest heaving. Slowly he lowered his hands and turned to face her, and her breath caught. His eyes were solid gold, no trace of his natural color left, and she could see Zev staring out at her through them...wild and desperate and barely contained.

"There," he said flatly. "We talked. Now go." he said to her and then turn back to face the dummy.

She took another step closer. "I am sorry." she said.

"Do not....." Lucian said, his face still turned away from her.

"I am sorry that you had to feel what happened between me and Sebastian. I am sorry that you are suffering because of the bond. I am sorry that..." her voice cracked.

"Stop," he cut her off, his voice hard. "Do not apologize for something that is not your fault."

"Then whose fault is it?" Lilith asked, looking at him, her voice shaking.

"Mine. Nicholas’s. Sebastian’s. The fucking curse. Take your pick." He turned away from her and braced his hands on the training dummy, his head hanging down between his shoulders. "But it is not yours. So do not stand there and apologize to me like you did something wrong."

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