Chapter 78: Five years had passed
The morning sunlight fell through the window, carrying warmth and peace. The sun illuminated the very corner of the small room, swallowing the darkness completely.
With the morning light, Cassian also felt the darkness in his heart being swallowed, leaving him with a peaceful mind and the calmness of water.
He looked outside the window with a calm expression. There was no immaturity, no trace of the shyness of a teenage boy on his face. His youthful features had turned into the sharp, defined features of a young man.
He was no longer the cheerful sunshine who could smile even at his lowest. Instead, that had been replaced by a tough young man.
Cassian’s gaze lingered on the vast landscape outside his room.
It had been five years since that day. He had buried those memories deep in his heart, but still, his heart was not calm. That face... he still remembered it like it was just yesterday.
A dull pain spread in his chest, and his mind drifted to its never-ending thoughts.
Was he sad? Did he regret not believing him? Did he even know that a servant had been beaten to death? Or did he try to find him?
So many questions, but no answers. Cassian clenched his eyes shut; he did not want to remember it all.
He wanted to leave the past behind, but it wasn’t leaving him.
That morning five years ago, when he woke up in a strange place, remained etched in his mind. A dull ache lingered in his chest, not from the physical wounds but from the betrayal that had nearly consumed him.