Chapter 227: The truth to the rumour
Cass only made it up one step before Lucian was there, his hand on his waist. It was so shocking that Cass almost stumbled backwards, but Lucian was there to catch him.
"Careful there. I didn’t think that Sir Forsythe was right about you having had enough, but here you are, stumbling up the steps." Lucian’s voice was silky smooth, and Cass felt his eyes widen as the grip on his waist tightened.
"What do you think you’re doing?" Cass hissed, and Lucian practically purred from the attention.
"Catching the sacred Lord Blackburn so he doesn’t fall and hurt himself." Lucian replied without missing a beat. "What an awful thing it would be if you hurt yourself." Lucian said and Cass reached for his hand on his hip, pushing it away.
Lucian let him, and when Cass cast him a look over his shoulder, Lucian was all innocence and big smiles. Cass rolled his eyes, before he continued up the stairs alone. All the while, he felt the presence of the dragon behind him, lumbering less like a bear, and more like a tiger.
It was unnerving to say the least.
"My Lord, are you sure you’re okay tonight?" It was Sir Forsythe, who he was learning was able to take the place of the ever worrying Sam quite easily.
"I’ll be fine, but you should come in so we can discuss the issues that happened during the dungeon clear." Cass commented and Sir Forsythe nodded. Ser Hune’s sigh behind him had him pausing on the next landing, turning to look back at her.
"We always get left out of all the fun." She said, but it was clear that she was just making fun. Cass smirked.
"Well, maybe if you decided not to be the city’s protectors, maybe I could have you work for me. Let me know if you two change your minds." Cass told them and Ser Hune seemed quite surprised that Cass would offer that to them, but Cass didn’t think it was too far of a stress. He had hired them to help him during a dungeon while he had Sam and Byron do some secret info gathering for him.
He was pretty sure that was a clear sign that he liked them, and he was satisfied with their work so far.