Raven’s POV
Cassian was scared.
He wouldn’t admit it out loud but I saw it in the way his fingers trembled when he entered the room with my mum. For a moment, it felt like he wasn’t the predator and I wasn’t the pre, he looked like a brother about to lose everything.
And I hated how that made my heart twist.
The car ride was silent that even the trees blurred past like they were trying to outrun what we were heading toward. The road twisted and narrowed as we drove deeper into the forest—until sunlight couldn’t reach us, and the trees grew so tall and close they formed a ceiling above.
When we finally stopped, I stepped out slowly, the crunch of leaves beneath my boots echoed too loud in the stillness. The air was thick with something old and angry until I saw them and forgot how to
