Thirty Two

Lucian's POV "Axel, you will pay for this badly in ways you cannot comprehend." My gaze sharpened in a dark way as a sinister thought ran through my head. It seemed like Axel took every span and width of her heart, although he had already broken her into countless pieces. I lowered my head and looked at Calla's sleeping face. I felt pity for her. "After all he had done to you, why do you still hold on, eh?" I caressed her cheek with my thumb. I even began to wonder what I should do to make her forget her past and open up to me. All those thoughts attacked me from every direction and without mercy. I looked outside the window of the carriage, and all I saw was darkness. Yes, darkness. That was the state of my heart; it was all dark and gloomy. I only hoped that one day light will come and clear the darkness away. The carriage wound up into the mansion's wide courtyard and creaked to a full stop in front of the building. Calla was still asleep, so I took it upo