Chapter 64

LYDIA’S POV

It wasn’t Cassian.

The hope that had flared so brightly inside me died just as fast, leaving behind something hollow and heavy.

Because the woman standing at the entrance was someone I recognized instantly. Mrs. Mercer. Cassian’s mother.

Even if I had seen her before when I was younger and at that party Cassian took me to, I still felt her aura and the power she exuded.

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