Lucian's POV I brought Michaela to her room so she could clean herself up and change into clean clothes. I waited right outside the door as she did. When she was finished, she jumped a little at the sight of me. She smells of soap and it's perfectly mixed in with her scent. "Did I startle you?" I smirked. "A little. I wasn't expecting you to wait for me to finish..." She admitted. "I just wanted to make sure that you'd be okay." I said. "Well, I have to go now, okay? I have a meeting to attend to, but I will be back later. Astrid will be keeping you company while I'm gone. I don't want to risk leaving you all by yourself." She stared at me for a while. She looked like she had things she wanted to ask me, but she decided not to. "Okay. I'll stay in the room." She smiled. "Good.