CHAPTER 16: HONEYED LIES AND SHATTERED THREADS
“Stupid! You should’ve just said she was dead!”
Cassidy’s voice cracked through the chamber like a whip.
She was livid.
Her eyes were narrow slits of fury, her delicate features twisted with rage as she turned on Theodore with all the venom she could muster. Her hands were clenched so tightly, her nails threatened to draw blood.
No sooner had Noah left to arrange the raid than Cassidy pulled Theo into a quiet hallway, her anger slipping through the cracks in her carefully worn mask.
“You should’ve let her memory rot in the woods,” she hissed. “You could’ve claimed she died—end of story! But no… you had to say she was taken. Now look what you’ve done!”
Theodore rolled his shoulders, shrugging off her glare with practiced nonchalance. “I
