Chapter 17: A challenger approaches
"So? What changed your mind and made you decide to gift us with your presence?" Cass was surprised by the open hostility from the man who had basically killed Lord Blackburn.
Or, maybe he shouldn't be.
Lady Fiona bristled at his tone while Cass watched him. The man looked...comfortable. Compared to the stuffy outfits that everyone else was wearing, he was wearing a pair of leather pants that seemed to hug his legs tightly in the thighs and then were more loose around the rest of his lower body. His shirt was a soft, billowy fabric that tightened around his wrists but he didn't look disheveled in the slightest.
He looked like...well, a pirate, if Cass was honest with himself. He looked like a sexy, yellow/orange eyed pirate. He was also huge compared to not only Cass, but the two other men as well. He'd noticed it when they had been standing together, but he had to be at least 6'5 or something. Maybe even taller.
Lady Ava felt to be around the average height for a woman, while Lady Fiona was taller. Cass knew he was shorter then he'd been in his body, but that didn't mean much. Cass had been 6'1 previously, while Lord Blackburn was maybe...5'11? Still a good height, but the three other men were monsters compared to him and the others.
This man, nicknamed 'Lucy' had to be Lucian Draken. From the pirate garb and the lack of fear of anything, it all pointed to that. Add to that the elongated pupils, it was a no brainer.
How the man thought anyone considered him human was beyond him. He thought his disguise was foolproof, when Cass knew for a fact that Lady Fiona clocked him as some kind of an intelligent monster when she first met him.
Cass' head pulsed, and he did his best to keep his facial expression neutral. It fucking hurt though, but he didn't want to cause any unnecessary worry for the women he was sandwiched in between. 'Lucy' smirked, pulling out his own chair before he sat down, leaning against the arm rest to stare at him.
"Afraid to answer, Lord Blackburn?" He teased and Cass rolled his eyes. He didn't need to impress these men. He just needed to make sure they tolerated him long enough that they didn't kill him before he left the castle.
"Oh, was your question directed towards me?" Cass shot back and Lady Fiona, who had bristled, turned her head away to hide her smile. "You must be more clear, 'Lucy', since I was unaware." Cass gently tapped his head, over his injury. "You see, I was injured recently, and I don't seem to have all of my memories." He smiled at him, all teeth. "You'll have to forgive me."
Cass watched as the smirk on Draken's face slipped away, revealing his anger.