Aurelia found Lucien in the strategy chamber, speaking with the neutral dons. She listened before entering.
"If she becomes dangerous," he said, "I'll stop her myself."
When she finally entered, her magic shook the floor.
"You'd kill me to protect them?"
"I'd die to protect you," he said. "But I'll never let our son become a weapon." And in that moment, they became enemies cloaked as lovers.