Chapter 260: It wasn’t what you’re thinking
Cass wasn’t sure how long he was there for, but eventually he could hear that people were coming back into the house. He was fairly certain that his senses were even more heightened then when he had first woken up in this body since he could tell how many people it was.
Several. Probably seven people? About the number of people who were missing from the house.
Cass frowned, his face feeling tight, uncomfortable. He was feeling slightly more stable as he heard the steps move away from where he could hear. It took about 2 minutes before several came racing down the stairs, the steps frantic. Cass wondered what they were freaking out about.
He tucked his knees closer to him, and the nursery tree whispered comforting words to him.
It shouldn’t have surprised him when Lucian, Edgar, Ser Hune, and Sir Forsythe came tearing into the grove. Especially not Ser Hune, but Cass was surprised. He didn’t think they would care.
He knew it was petty, but when one woke up after passing out the way that he had, he kind of expected that someone would be there with him. The fact that no one, not even Sir Forsythe or Ser Hune was there? Or Lucian?
Cass was just...tired.
"Cassian! What are you doing down here? It’s dangerous!" It was Lucian who shouted that, looking stricken as he saw how close Cass was sitting next to the tree. Cass scoffed.
"They would never hurt me." He told him, and Lucian’s jaw clenched.
"It tried to swallow you whole." Lucian told him, and Ser Hune shot him an angry look.
"They were not doing that! They were comforting him! I already explained this to you!" Ser Hune told Lucian angrily, before she came to a halt. Cass could tell that she was listening to the tree, and Cass could tell that the tree was intentionally speaking only to her. Ser Hune’s face went pale, her skin taking on a shade that it hadn’t been even when she was in terrible condition in the undead forest.
She turned, grabbed Lucian and Edgar, and threw them towards Cass.