“I told you, father, you did not need to attend this evening. I could have them sent up to you. You could have chosen who you preferred in the tower.” Dorian spoke towards the landing we were both now staring from. Dorian spoke like the villagers were all but a pair of shoes that he could select from. And by the sounds of it all or none of the eight souls remaining were now offered to Cassius. My eyes could not be torn from the figure as Cassius now looked from his son to me. The long-dreaded moment of finally meeting him had come. Just like his son, I was so intimidated with a sense of fear that I took a step back from his proximity. “I have been far from my own castle for long enough my son. And there is someone I wanted to meet.” He said and then turned his statuesque body complet

