Chapter 22
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Cassian walked into the dining room a little cautiously before he realised his parents were not in the room, he would have been relieved but he knew he would have to see and talk to them eventually and that kept his body feeling tense despite him trying to relax. He sat down running his hand over his face as he tried to brush away the fatigue that not even exercising had been able to draw him out of. Greeting Rosa as she walked into the room, he told her he would rather just eat cereal instead of her having to make anything before he glanced at the clock. It was just past nine, he had not heard his parents at all or seen them in their studies. He would have to leave at ten for his lesson.
“Are my parents gone?” He asked when she placed the box in front of him.
“Yes, yo
