Cassian’s POV
I could hear heavy and tense footsteps but no one dared come near my room.
Not even the guards stationed outside the hall. I could hear their whispers, their footsteps backing away. They thought I’d lost control again, that the Blood Vane curse had fully taken over and I'm staying in the wrong place.
Idiots.
They didn’t know what the hell just happened, what the hell I've done.
I lifted Raven’s limp body into my arms, her blood soaking my shirt. Her skin was now so cold… too cold that for the first time in life, I shook and felt fear. The moment I kicked the door open, the scent of her blood hit the corridor and every maid and guard staggered back in horror.
“Call the damn doctor—now!” I roared and no one questioned me. They scattered like mice, rushing to do as they we
