Chapter 239: Are you kidding me? So damn close!
It was so fucking quiet out in this garden. It kind of made Cass’ skin crawl. He almost wanted to magic up some fake birds just to feel something normal. To add to it, Fiona wasn’t crying loudly. It was so soft, so quiet, that Cass felt his heart moving and twitching more.
Cass didn’t consider himself a heartless person. He’d never considered himself that. He had considered that he could be heartless. Hitting, punching, beating others up, the people he had normally done that to had deserved it.
He had been called cruel and mean for the state that he had left them in. Most people had called him a ’troubled kid’. His sister had called him ’her hero’.
Cass swallowed, the memory leaving a sour taste in his mouth.
Cass found himself making a few fake birds. They didn’t look real in the slightest, their bodies made out of magic, like little holograms. He dotted them around, placing them in the tree above them, on the bench beside them, and a few more around them in the garden. He also made a few butterflies, pretty in different shades and a few big, fat bumble bees.
When Fiona raised her head, she gasped at the kaleidoscope of colours around her. She stared in wide eyed wonder at all the shapes and birdsong that filled the air. Then, her eyes watered again.
"You are so good at magic." She whispered. "I’m so envious." She told him, holding onto him tightly. Cass stared down at the woman who wasn’t even his height, but held so much on her shoulders. Had been given it without really asking her permission.
"Fiona, why are you envious of me when you’ve held this mishmashed party together for as long as you have?" Cass asked softly and she sniffed.
"So? I’ve always been good at that. That’s nothing new. Keeping parties together is easy." She muttered, clearly worked up. Cass let out a soft laugh.
"Easy? How in the world is that easy? I can barely make myself happy, or tolerate others, and you’ve managed to do that to four men who shouldn’t see eye to eye. Did you know that where I was before this, polyamory or whatever the hell you’re practising is frowned upon? Full on outlawed." Cass told her and Fiona sniffed.
"That’s there, not here." Fiona said, not letting him give her any credit. Cass groaned.