From the future

"If you dare lie to me, you won't like the aftermath."

His warning fell right on her ear, and she swallowed hard. Laughing anxiously, Ave read through the words in her mind. Fucker? If she told him the true meaning, when even the Emperor had believed the words to mean warrior, wouldn't that bring more trouble to her head?

Ave cleared her throat and then turned her head to the side, intending to meet his eyes. However, it was impossible with the way his front was still pressed intimately to her back. "If I tell you their real meanings, you have to promise not to tell anyone else or kill me for it." She negotiated to save her neck. However, Lucian's eyes narrowed.