CASSIA'S POV: He walked away as though nothing ever happened, leaving me to figure out what it was I was going to do. I ended up crawling through the space. Surprisingly, I fit through it and I found myself on the other side of the fence. I was annoyed. I had been chased, dragged, threatened and insulted and yet, Lucius managed to find a way to put salt on my injury. Leaving me like that to go on by myself, forgetting — not that I would put it past him — that I was limping a bit. He most definitely knew, otherwise why would he carry me? He was so lucky he wasn't here, just as three guards and two maids ran up to me as I struggled to walk into the palace. He was so lucky he wasn't here because I was about to do some serious singing. First, I was taken to the infirmary to take ca

