Lucian's POV
The line went dead.
Ethan's last words hung in the air like smoke after a gunshot,"That baby is mine."
I stared at the phone in Aria's hand,the screen was still glowing with his name.
I felt it rising—the same black, boiling thing that had taken over in the hotel room when I saw Ethan's hands on her. Only this time it was worse. This time he wasn't just touching her.
He was threatening our child.
My vision narrowed. I was so furious that I led my hand into the wall causing Aria to flinch in shock.
"Lucian," Aria said softly. "Breathe."
I couldn't.
I threw the phone which hit the wall with a crack and shattered. Its pieces skittered across the marble.
Aria flinched again.
I turned to her. "He's not touching our child."
"I know," she whispered. "We'll fight him legally. We have proof—"
