Cassandra POV
“Here, drink some water.” Theo’s thick voice made me raise my head, but he quickly averted his gaze sideways.
I had completely forgotten that these were boys or men. They were not comfortable with a girl’s weakness. Hadn’t I decided that I won’t cry, yet I had let down my walls and showed them what truly affected me. I had given them just not a glimpse, but the whole picture of the fear that penetrated my soul and made it bleed since the dark day.
Blinking back the remains of my last tears, I wiped the ones that had fallen with the back of my cold hand. I was no longer shivering. The thing that had haunted me for days was now out in front for everyone to see. I don’t know if they would fear it or understand it or would it be still invisible for them. The searing pain in
