Chapter 120

I take a seat at the bottom of the staircase that leads up to the renovated part of the castle. The look of defeat on Mateo's face is all I can think of. It's over. The nagging knot in my belly is gone. From the moment I learned my position in his life, my mind has been racing, and the itching under my skin only stopped when Cassian and Soren allowed me to be myself around them.

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