Chapter song: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
One of Lucien's earliest memories as a child was how often he'd be compared to his mother.
She was a beautiful woman, a vision as far as the eye could see.
With hair as dark as night and skin that reflected the moonlight, Lillian Saint-James was captivating even while being a normal human. It was said that the moment his father laid eyes on her, he knew she was the one. And as someone who'd inherited ninety-five percent of her looks, Lucien had always been subjected to people's attention.
He remembered feeling proud of his appearance. His little body would preen at the constant barrage of compliments he would receive whenever the two were seen together. Holding her soft and delicate hands as she carried herself with the killer instincts of panther and the cleverness of a raven had been his favourite thing about her.
