Cassian POV

I didn’t linger in Strowhowl after the council hearing. There was no point. My business wasn’t here it was waiting for me back home.

After everything we’d witnessed, after everything we’d nearly lost, I wasn’t about to waste another breath. The universe had handed us something rare: survival. A second chance. And I knew damn well mercy like that doesn’t show up twice.

Someone was waiting for me. A fierce, sharp-tongued woman who pushed every one of my buttons and ...