--The Nydisian Kingdom, The Northern Territory, Valhalla--
Lucian's interest peaked, "What changed?"
"For lack of a better word, just the circumstances surrounding what you are," she said softly.
Lucian was a disciplined and well-structured man, he valued control and so he always was in control. But in recent times, he wasn't always in control, that much was clear to see.
Her fear of him arose from the blood of the creatures that lived in him, his vampire side constantly thirsting for blood, and his wolf side that relentlessly fought to take over.
Katherine did not fear him as a man, but she feared what he was capable of doing to her if he should in fact lose control, even for a moment.
And until she was certain Lucian had regained that control that he once had, that fear of what he could do would remain.