That stings more than it should.
I don’t want to fight with him anymore, so I face straight ahead and stare at the blank grimy wall, letting my vision blur.
He’s right. I don’t want to spend this time alone, but he’s not the one I want to spend these hours with.
I want to see Klaus again. Even for a little while.
Cassius sits silently at my side, never pressuring me to eat or speak anything.
After a while, the silence gets to me. I feel the urge to say what has been on my mind since the moment Klaus and I arrived at this castle.
Somehow, my lack of trust in him makes it easier to admit. “I’m scared.”
Cassius closes the distance between us and rests his arm over my shoulders, pulling me into his side.
Vampires and their constant need to touch.
I don’t pull away.
We remain like thi
