Chapter 278

CASSIAN'S POV

“She called him Daddy.” The words hung in the quiet room like a physical blow, slamming right into my chest and knocking the air clean out of my lungs.

My vision narrowed until all I could see was Lydia standing across from me, so calm, so distant, looking at me like I was a complete stranger instead of the man who had loved her for years.

My whole body went rigid, my hands gripping