CHAPTER EIGHTY THREE - When Worlds Begin To Collide

She must have dozed off because she jerked awake suddenly, feeling a strange surge through their mate bond. Lucas's breathing had changed, becoming less shallow, more regular. "Lucas?" Aria sat up, heart racing with hope. His fingers twitched against the sheets. Then, slowly, his eyelids began to flutter. "He's waking up!" Aria called out, bringing the night nurse running. Lucas's face contorted slightly, his head turning toward the sound of Aria's voice. Then, finally, his eyes opened. Aria's breath caught in her throat as she stared into his eyes—eyes that flickered between their natural golden color and a strange purple hue she had never seen before. Across the compound in the secure holding cell, Victor Cross sat bolt upright on his cot, his eyes flying open at the exact same moment. The guards on duty would later report with unease how his normally violet eyes pulsed with an eerie golden glow before settling into the same purple shade now appearing in Lucas Kane's eyes. Luc