~CASSIAN

All of the amusement that once drummed through my body was instantly shut down as my eyes fixed on that one door.

It was funny how I had kept it for so long. Yet no one knew about it. Not even my very own brothers.

—Even if I never put too much work into keeping it hidden. I chose the most oblivious of places, yet no one knew.

The only one who had come close enough to find out about it was Nyra.

“That little spitfire,” I whispered, a small, sad smile playing on my ...