Chapter 210
Trista's POV
Cassian didn't answer. He just tightened his grip, pulling me even harder against him.
I knew him too well. As the ruler of this territory, even if I wanted to leave, he would never let go—not willingly.
We were stuck in this loop, and the conversation had reached its dead end.
Inside the quiet room, Cassian held me in silence.
I let him. I didn't struggle, I didn't scream, and I didn't shed a single tear. I'd moved past that.
I realized tonight that the reason he was refusing to break the mating, the reason he wouldn't give Samantha a title, was actually to protect her.
He knew Howard's ruthless streaks better than anyone and was terrified of the old man's next move.
Samantha's "life-saving" act back in college gave her a permanent saint-like filter in hi
