Violet
Cassie spent almost the entire day convincing me to keep thinking of scenarios where I would appear the damsel in distress, especially in front of Elijah so that he would automatically come to my rescue.
Her plan was that it had to look authentic and not an act because her stoic brother was a bad actor.
I agreed with her on that, if not anything else. Elijah didn’t play petty games, and he had already walked out of the room saying he didn’t want to be a part of some catfight.
This was going to be a double edged sword, and my heart beat fast at the thought of conning him.
I had just told him to be open with me, to share his secrets with me the way I did. I prayed my senses and luck would favor me so I would be able to keep up the charade for a month at least.
While my head was
