Cassian POV
I wept, my sobs wracking my body as tears pooled on the cold floor beneath me. My prayers rose into the silence like smoke aimless, unanswered, but still I whispered them into the void.
I didn’t know if anyone was listening. I didn’t care.
My soul felt flayed open, exposed and bleeding for anyone or anything willing to witness my desperation.
In that moment, I was nothing more than a ruined man, undone by his own hands. There was no one else to blame. No excuses left to hide behind.
Every wound I had inflicted on her had carved itself into me tenfold. And now I bore them all.
I had hurt her. I had driven her away.
And now, I could only hope no, beg for a sliver of grace. For a chance to make it right.
“Alpha, what should I do about Arixen?”
Maelor’s voice pierced throu
