#Chapter 55: If You Think It’ll Help

Ruby Maybe we should have imprisoned Lucas after he lost the duel to Caleb. That way, we would always know where he was. But the second Caleb had banished him, I was relieved. The idea that I wouldn’t have to worry about running into him or having him break into my home anymore lifted a weight off my shoulders that had become so normal, I had no longer been aware of it. Until Caleb got rid of it with those two words. You’re banished. We had walked away, hand-in-hand in the pouring rain, leaving Lucas on his knees in the mud. Neither Joseph nor Daniel had moved when we’d passed them, their eyes trained on Lucas. I was certain they would stay there as long as needed to make sure Lucas left as he was told to. In the meantime, my new mate and I returned home. I was still in shock that my mate bond with Lucas had finally been severed—and been rebuilt with Caleb. But I couldn’t think about that as I helped Caleb up the stairs to his room, the one I’d woken up in alone just a fe