Cassian POV
I sat back at my desk and tried to focus on the reports, the endless paperwork of rule. But my mind kept drifting. To green eyes and quiet courage. To the way she'd stood between me and her father's guards, offering herself in exchange for my safety. To the bruise on her cheek where that worthless boy had struck her.
She's worth it, Ezra whispered. She's worth everything. Go to her. Tell her. Claim her.
I shoved the papers aside. I couldn't focus. I couldn't think. I also couldn't breathe past the need to see my son, to hold something pure and innocent and unbroken.
It had been two days…. Three, actually. I'd lost track of time in the chaos of Seraphina's arrival. And in the political fallout of my sanctions against Shadow Vale. Too long since I'd held Leo, since I'd read
