~CASSIAN

I tried. Hard.

But no matter how hard I tried, I never saw this possibility coming. And now so many things were somehow beginning to make sense.

Lyon... I had always felt something was off about him. He was different from other rogue kings before him.

His rebellion was dangerous... but not the kind that destroyed innocent people. His type of rebellion brought people together. He was like a hero to the poor and ordinary masses.

His followers adored him. And that was scary, but it was ...