Chapter 44: Assigned task

Lucian froze for a moment when he heard what she'd dared to call him in front of everyone. A muscle twitched in his jaw as he glared at her, but she looked completely oblivious to what she'd just said—just like she always did whenever she addressed him by his name.

Her expression and behavior at this moment made him silently question which world this woman was from to make her so bold and disrespectful towards royalty without a care for the punishment that would follow. Was she really trying to annoy him or make him lose face in front of the others, just like how the real Selene would always do?

"It has a unique taste, babe," she continued with a sweet smile, nudging the spoon toward his tightly sealed mouth.

'Did she just call you a babe? As in, an infant?' His beast, who had been quiet all night, laughed. 'That's insane—and I like her for it!'