Cassian’s POV
Nothing made her smile anymore.
Not even a damn twitch of her lips and I understood. I f*****g understood, and it killed me.
We’ve been jerks, Monsters and bastards. Pick just one. Hell no, we would pick all of them because we deserved it.
I f*****g deserved it.
My brothers weren’t talking much, and when they did, it was always in harsh, bitter tones. The palace felt like a frozen warzone, like every step echoed with our shame. And Raven? She didn’t even look in our direction anymore.
Not once…. Not even when our father tried to bring her around, explaining things, trying to get her to listen to the truth.
We screwed up.
Gods, she was the one person in the entire realm that could cure our damnation. The Blood Vane Curse…This same curse that’s haunted us for years, s
