Growing impatient.
Those were the words Lucian had said, and he knew the people in the High Chamber would catch the meaning behind them.
It was a message to those scheming against him—that he understood their reasons.
Was it enough to stop them? Absolutely not.
But it was enough to buy Lucian some time.
Because one thing Lucian became certain of after his meeting with Hector was this: Hector was not the one behind Ashley's abduction or the failed ambush. He didn't even need to ask Hector about it, because the man had already unknowingly answered the question before Lucian could bring it up.
"Gustav, what time is it?" Lucian asked as he rubbed his forehead.
"It's already three in the morning, Master," came Gustav's voice from the front passenger seat. "We'll be there in a few minutes."
Lucian snapped his eyes open and checked the window. He had rushed home right after his brief meeting with the people he had once wanted to burn alive.
