While Aurora celebrated the blossoming relationship between herself and Damien, entirely ignoring all the warning signs, someone else was having a hard time. Someone she had soul ties with.
At the other end of the kingdom, the man who called himself Lucian cursed out loud in frustration at another failed attempt. He got to his feet, his skin crawling with frustration and the signs of a headache thumping at his temples. He was getting agitated and more irritated by the second. He couldn't believe this had happened again.
Nothing.
He had been so close he could feel it, he could feel the massive wall weaken just a bit, and a small crack formed, and immediately it was closed up again, shutting him out completely.