Lucius - His Alone. [18+] (WIP)

She didn't know him.

She had never seen him before.

And yet somehow, she had been the center of his world long before she even learned his name.

Tulia Tacitus wants nothing more than an ordinary life. She finds comfort in books, music, and art, believing the distance between herself and her parents is nothing more than the price of their demanding careers.

She has no idea the business her parents conduct behind closed doors is far from ordinary.

Lucius Romanov is a man who lives by discipline. Every decision is calculated. Every move serves a purpose. So, when his search for answers leads him to the daughter of the family that shattered his world, he convinces himself she's nothing more than a means to an end.

At first, that's exactly what she is. A way to uncover the truth. A pawn in a game years in the making.

But the closer he gets, the harder it becomes to remember why he sought her out in the first place, and the harder it gets to hate her in the way he vowed he would.

Lucius doesn't chase. He claims.

And for the first time in his life, he's no longer certain who's hunting whom.