**Marcus POV**
My thoughts lingered on the past events, and a smirk curled on my lips as I stared blankly into space.
“She pulled a fast one on me,” I muttered. If anyone had told me that Cassandra would resort to such tactics to escape my grasp, I would have scoffed at the idea.
After unearthing the casket five years ago and discovering it was empty, the truth hit me hard: Cassandra and Lauren had successfully fooled me. It was evident that Cassandra faked her death to break free from me. I can’t shake the regret over my actions—I forced her into signing a contract and held her against her will after it expired. Had I not made those mistakes, I doubt she would have taken such a drastic step to escape.
“Alpha Marcus, we have new information,” Damien said, striding into my room with ur
