Dante's POVCassian and I had tracked Raven and Jerome to this very spot, as planned. I couldn’t believe how long it had taken for us to find them, but here we were, standing just outside the edge of the trees, waiting for the chaos to unfold. We watched them and I could see Raven, her figure just barely visible through the trees. She looked tense, moving like she knew something wasn’t right. It wasn’t hard to spot Jerome. That asshole had no subtlety. He was practically glowing with anger and his skin flushed red, his hands trembling as if he could barely hold himself together. And when he yelled her name, calling her a “bitch,” after she left , I could feel the muscles in my jaw clench in fury. Raven, though… she seemed to be shifting, her body moving with the same uncertainty I’d seen in her before. The fear was obvious in her eyes, but she wasn’t showing it outright. She was playing it cool—too cool, even for her despite knowing that something was off. Then, I heard Cassian’
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