Chapter 213

DAPHNE'S POV

I had paced the living room floor until the soles of my feet ached, waiting for Cassian to come home. The clock ticked past midnight, then two, then four, and still, his side of the bed remained entirely cold.

Then, my phone buzzed. It was a text from Jane.

My eyes scanned the glowing screen, and with every word, the blood in my veins turned to pure ice. Cassian slept at Lydia’s ho