CASSANDRA
“Lancel looks so sullen,” Becky whispered to me quietly.
My assistant and I were hard at work in the lab, and Asher’s head guard was perched near the door. The older gentleman had a look of disdain on his face, but I wasn’t sure if that was due to any actual reason or if it was just his appearance.
Either way, I stifled a giggle.
“Don’t take it personally,” I whispered back. “Maybe he’s just having a bad day or something.”
“Or maybe it’s just his face,” Becky joked. I started cracking up immediately. Though we were two different people, we had the exact same sense of humor. Becky always knew how to make me laugh.
My assistant was right of course. Lancel was a very serious guard and performed his duties diligently. I’d hardly ever seen him smile. Even when I was younger, I r
