Chapter 15: We Lack the Servants
(Cassandra's POV)
The knock on my door was firm, steady, and deliberate. It was the kind of knock that spoke of authority and intentions that couldn’t wait.
“Come in,” I said, the calmness in my voice practiced but unshaken.
Theo stepped inside, his usual sharp gaze inspecting every inch of the room before settling on me. His expression was impenetrable. It was his way, an air of professionalism he never dropped.
“She’s here,” he said simply.
I didn’t need to ask who. There was only one person who could make him this tense and formal.
Victoria Stone. Alexander’s mother.
The Luna of the Northern Territories had come to weigh my existence in her son’s life.
I nodded shortly, adjusting the cloak I’d hurriedly draped over myself. “When?”
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