Chapter 292

DAPHNE'S POV

The cold rain soaked right through my expensive trench coat, but I didn't care.

I stood deep in the thick, wet bushes behind Lydia’s massive family estate, my designer boots sinking into the dark, squelching mud. The air smelled heavy with wet dirt, old pine needles, and rotting leaves.

Next to me, Cassian was shivering like a wet stray dog in his cheap caterer’s uniform, his hands tu