Chapter 151

Lucien's POV

The thunder rumbled across the sky as the storm poured down in droves. I stood, looking down at Donovan as he began his tale, his face wistful and nostalgic and a small smile— the most sincere smile I had ever seen — spread across his lips as he spoke about my mother.

I didn't know how to feel, this was a man I hated so much and here he was, on his last breath talking about my mother. I wanted to stop him, to tell him I wasn't interested in his story, to tell him not to ruin my father's legacy with his silly lies but I didn't. Instead, I stood in the storm and watched as he endured the pain of the heavy droplets of rain pounding his eyes as he looked up into the sky with a brilliant smile on his face and I listened to what he had to say.

“I met her on a day like this, I couldn't see her at first. That day, she found me where my bullies had dropped me and she picked me up. She took me to a cottage by the riverside and she took care of me. I could still remember that day li