Genevieve went rigid all over, then snapped her head up to look at Cassian.
Her lips trembled for a long moment before she forced out a few hesitant words, "Mr. Thorne, is her death somehow..."
As if he knew exactly what she was about to ask, Cassian finished her thought, "It has nothing to do with me."
His expression was as cool and detached as ever, his demeanor completely convincing.
Yet the remark he had dropped felt entirely unnatural.
It sounded as though Vespera had died simply because she struck Genevieve.
Genevieve still vividly remembered how violently Cassian had confronted the Kane family at the ruins, brutalizing Tristan to demand accountability for Vespera.
The contradiction was so sharp it made no sense at all.
Unable to find a single fracture in Cassian's stoic expr
