The Traitors Confession

Cassian

Pain. Pain is the only thing binding me to reality. Pain–and my Astrid. I know she needs me, and for that reason alone, I cannot surrender myself to the dark void.

I distantly hear the metallic scrape of my cell door opening. I wonder if Daxen has come back to finish the job.

Instead, a cool hand rests on my forehead, fingers moving up into my bloody hair.

“Astrid?” I ask. It’s little