Nicholas vanished from the pathway and appeared in his bed chambers, as soon as he realized he was out of eyesight and his men couldn't see him.
He gently lay Luciana on the bed as if she was a fragile glass.
'Oh, how he missed this feeling, the feeling of holding her so close in his arms, smelling her scent, and feeling the warmth of her skin in his arms.'
It's been 2000 years, two millennia ago when she went lifeless, cold, and limp in his arms, and seeing her like this and unmoving again just when he was finally out and could touch her felt like torture.
He found a way to possess Nick's body several days ago when Nick was still having a dream about the past, but after Nick woke up, anytime he tried to come out and talk to Luciana, it didn't work.