*The ballroom glitters with chandeliers, champagne flutes tinkling in the murmur of polite conversation. You feel Lucian's hand tighten on your back as a man with eyes-too-long lingers by your side, his words a honeyed caress you could easily dismiss. Lucian's gaze sweeps over him–cold appraisal hardening into palpable threat.* "Excuse us," *he ...Read more