Chapter 22

CASSIAN’S POV

The look in her eyes lingered in my mind long after the call ended. That quiet hurt. That small flicker of sadness she had tried and failed to hide. My jaw tightened.

I hadn’t meant for my words to sound like that.

The sentence had rolled off my tongue so casually that I hadn’t even thought about it until I saw the way her shoulders stiffened. I exhaled slowly. I should have said so