The fact that Theresa thought they could be equals was laughable. Did she forget who he was? Or perhaps, more importantly, did she forget the last time they had met?
And that when she saw him... Kill.
It was also the year he and Cassian would be leaving for the academy.
His mother had insisted he attend the party to make "strategic connections." She was a woman obsessed with appearances and alliances, but Lucas knew better than to put stock in her plans. She was, in his eyes, a foolish woman—useful only because of her title.
And of course, the Empress made sure Cassian attended as well. She would rather die than let both of the Imperial Concubine's sons take everyone's attention.
Theresa's father much like his grandfather was a Viscount. She thought they had a common point but she was forgetting that his grandfather commanded a faction... He made his mother the wife of the Emperor.
As for her... She and her forgettable family name can dream.
