Chapter 224: We are plotting, Cassian
The room was....quite good. If this had been Cass’ time, he would have never seen a room like this outside of a super special occasion and a lot of saving up.
But for Lord Blackburn? Who had several rooms for fucking walking through in his own mansion?
It was alright.
The sheep girl left as soon as she could, leaving Cass and Lucian alone in the room. Cass headed for the bathroom, checking it out and found that thankfully, it had running hot water taps like at his mansion. He had worried for a second that he was going to have to ask for hot water like in some of those books and t.v. shows he had watched during his time, but he was glad that he was wrong.
He hadn’t realised that Lucian had followed after him until the man spoke.
"Are you that wanting of a bath? You smell fine." Lucian’s voice scared the shit out of Cass and he let out a shout of surprise. He spun, staring at the shocked look on Lucian’s face, sure that his wasn’t any better. Cass felt his face flush with embarrassment, and he adjusted his clothes nervously.
"You scared me." Cass muttered, justifying his reaction. "I thought you were still...out there." Cass gestured to the main bedroom and Lucian just stared at him for a moment.
"Why would I leave you to explore a place we haven’t checked alone?" Lucian asked, giving Cass a strange look as he raised his gaze and glanced around. "Granted, I have great hearing and I didn’t sense anything in the room before we entered, but I’m not going to let you get attacked." Cass felt his eyes widen.
Lucian wasn’t making fun of Cass, instead he was more surprised by his actions. Cass kind of...appreciated that? A little bit?
"I didn’t even consider that as an option. It’s not like many people know that I’m here instead of my home, or that we had even finished clearing the dungeon. It’ll be all over town tomorrow, but that’s fine." Cass said and Lucian huffed, crossing his arms.
"Cassian, you’re almost a Duke. There are always targets on your back." Lucian said and it was kind of surprising that Lucian was the one saying it. Cass blinked at him several times, before he started laughing.