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Chapter 45: A Question of the Heart

Author: Ozioma
last update publish date: 2026-07-30 00:24:10

Summer settled fully over Shadowfang by the time Cassian found himself, one warm evening, walking the same private gardens where he and Kael had shared so many careful, honest conversations since his return. Lirian, now nearly ten months old and pulling himself upright against every piece of furniture he could reach, had been left in Dorran's watchful care, giving Cassian a rare hour of solitude he'd intended to spend simply thinking.

He found Elias there instead, tending a small collection of
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    The second anniversary of Lirian's birth arrived with a celebration that would have seemed impossible to imagine during those desperate hours in Elias's cave, the castle's great hall transformed with careful decoration, nobles and household staff alike gathered to honor the young prince whose survival had once seemed so uncertain.Cassian watched his son move confidently through the celebration, no longer the fragile infant who had barely survived his early birth, but a sturdy, curious toddler who greeted the gathered well-wishers with the particular fearless charm that had become entirely his own, distinct from either Cassian's gentle nature or Kael's commanding presence."He's grown into quite the small diplomat," Wren observed, watching Lirian offer careful, formal greetings to several visiting nobles, clearly having absorbed considerable court etiquette despite his young age."He surprises me daily," Cassian admitted, warmth evident in his voice as he watched his son's continued d

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    The instructor arrived three weeks later, an omega named Fenwick, older than Elias by perhaps a decade, his bearing carrying the quiet, measured calm of someone long practiced in patience. Cassian watched him carefully during their first meeting, old protective instinct assessing every gesture and word for whatever hidden agenda might lurk beneath the matriarch's careful recommendation."I understand your caution, my lord," Fenwick said, apparently reading Cassian's guarded expression accurately. "I would feel precisely the same, were our positions reversed. Please, ask whatever questions would ease your mind before we begin any actual work with your son."Cassian appreciated the direct acknowledgment. "How exactly does this training proceed? What precisely will you be teaching him?""At this age, primarily simple exercises in awareness and control, nothing that pushes him toward using his gift more than his natural inclination already demands," Fenwick explained. "Think of it less as

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    "Elias." Cassian's voice came out barely above a whisper, his eyes still fixed on the small tower of blocks Lirian had just arranged without touching them at all. "Tell me you saw that too.""I saw it," Elias confirmed, crossing the room slowly, his own composure clearly working hard to process what had just occurred. "The blocks moved on their own, guided by something beyond simple physical manipulation."Lirian, entirely oblivious to the significance of what he'd just accomplished, reached for the tower again, small brow furrowing with concentrated effort, and this time the shimmer around his hands proved more visible, the topmost block lifting and settling atop its neighbor with deliberate, if unsteady, precision."He's doing it again," Cassian breathed, wonder and fear tangling together in equal measure as he watched his son's small face carry an expression of focused determination far beyond what any ordinary toddler should possess.Elias knelt beside Lirian, his healer's instinc

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