Chapter 196: An offer you can’t refuse
"Cass...that’s..." Fiona trailed off, looking uncomfortable and Cass knew that he absolutely bit off more than he was allowed to chew. From the looks of the other faces he could see, it wasn’t something that was questioned. He wasn’t even sure he could use the ’other life’ as an excuse since that was supposed to be something that Lord Blackburn knew. Cass swallowed, his hands clenching.
Lucian’s hand landed on his shoulder, giving him a squeeze.
"He’s just saying it out of concern, not because he is doubting the temple. Given what he’s done already today, we should take what he’s saying to heart. It isn’t as if we are blind, and this isn’t the first time Lady Ava has ended up like this." Lucian backed Cass up and that seemed to soften the rest of them. Cass was actually a little bit surprised that he did, even with all of his recent behaviour.
It was one thing to be flirting with Cass. It was another thing to back him up in a setting where he previously didn’t.
Vespertine was the first to sigh, running his hand over his face as he began to nod slowly.
"I...I understand what you’re saying. I...let’s hold off on this line of thought until after we’ve woken up Ava and spoken to her about this." Vespertine said and Cass nodded. This was impacting her, after all.
Cass dropped it, mainly because he could feel the tension in the room. If they were this tense from him bringing it up, he wondered how Lady Ava was going to take it? He felt like he was going to witness her personally collapsing, and they were only going to take his words seriously when that happened.
That was okay. He was just getting too nosy. He would have to learn to reel it back in again. This dungeon had his emotions all over the place. It could only get worse if the dungeon showed him his sister in any capacity.
Cass shuddered at what he’d just thought. He was a fool for even thinking that.