Ever since Cassian was a child, he had pushed himself to become the very best. Yet, all he had ever received in return were the ever-rising expectations and relentless criticisms from his father.His mother had been absent for as long as he knew her, while his father had been cold and unforgiving.Years of emotional neglect and constant pressure had gradually twisted something inside him. He was more rational and clearheaded than almost anyone else, but he also craved love more desperately than anyone.After he came of age, he had voluntarily sought out a psychologist and confessed the problems he recognized within himself.After the doctor listened to his story, he had gently suggested, "Try placing your emotional attachment in the family you've built or will build for yourself in the future. Perhaps that will gradually heal the emptiness inside you."A family of his own? At the time, Cassian had found the idea both absurd and laughable. After all, no one understood his nature be
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