Cassian’s POV

The uneasy feeling had been gnawing at me since morning, a heaviness in my chest that I couldn’t shake off no matter how much I tried to distract myself. Cassian had been… off lately. His words, his tone, even the way he avoided certain questions, everything about him screamed that something was wrong. I had promised to trust him, to let him handle things, but my instincts wouldn’t quiet down.

He wasn’t telling me the whole truth. I could feel it.

I sat in the living ...