Chapter 44

Valerie

“The second prince?” I asked.

Once again Vanilla blinked at me with wide doe eyes. I was beginning to wonder if she was really as innocent as she looked, or if it was all an act. “You don’t know much about the Lane family, do you?” she asked.

I felt struck by her suspicion. I had intended to play the role of Lucas’s pet thoroughly, and I was failing at it with every passing second. I ducked my head down a little. “I—don’t ask my Master questions. If he wishes to tell me, he’ll tell me.”

Vanilla’s soft brows knitted together in the middle. Another look of pity—or maybe just confusion. “So you don’t know how powerful he is? The Lane family has always been the most powerful clan to walk the earth. Lord Kronos himself was a direct descendant of a royal bloodline. Their family name has existed for thousands of years.” She laughed incredulously. “They’re literally royalty. How do you not know?”

I blinked, my cheeks going a little pink. How had I been so unprepared to act as Luca