Cassian’s POV The council chamber erupted again, murmurs rippling like wildfire as the sigil burned in their minds. I could hear their doubt, their fear, their desperation to make sense of it. For once, their attention wasn’t on Drasa, it was on him. On my father. The tyrant.Lucien Devereux.My father looked livid. His fists clenched on the armrests of his throne, his foot tapping again with that steady rhythm I’d come to recognize, an old tell he couldn’t erase no matter how carefully he wore his mask.He was nervous.“Enough,” he barked, his voice like thunder. The council silenced instantly, though unease lingered in their eyes. He leaned forward, his gaze boring into mine. “All of this, your theatrics, your wild stories, they are nothing but speculation. There is no proof. Nothing to tie this man’s actions to anyone but himself.”I laughed again and his expressions twisted into that of fury. “No proof?” I repeated. Then I bent, grabbed a fistful of the guard’s hair, and dragge
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