Chapter 48 The Devil's approval

Roman's pov***

I stepped into Lucien's apartment, the heavy haze of smoke wrapping around me like a thick blanket.

The air was heavy with something foreign, an acrid scent that stung my nostrils.

I squinted through the dim light, searching for him, half-expecting to find him collapsed on the floor.

Instead, there he was, propped up in his study,