Clara's POV
My mind was spiraling—thoughts colliding, shaking me from the inside out.
No. No, I can trust him, I told myself desperately. He's my brother. I only said that because I was upset.
But the look in his eyes when I asked that question…
That fear—it terrified me.
I couldn't deny it anymore. There was something strange about Lucien.
There were so many strange incidents and behaviour around him too.
I thought as a memory flashed in my head.
The banquet hall.
The night I was kidnapped.
I had seen him.
Large, dark wings—just like the ones the kidnappers had. Back then, fear and shock had buried the memory deep inside me. I hadn't thought about it… until now.
And then another thing.
The file in Ciel's office.
It said he was a Fallen angel.
My chest tightened.
No. Lucien is my brother. He's human. He wouldn't betray me. He wouldn't do that.
But what if I was wrong?
What if Lucien couldn't be trusted?
