Bound by Sin: The Heir & His Stepmother
He laughed, as if he had made a great joke.
Cassius didn’t laugh. His fingers tightened around the handle of his knife.
He hated the idea. He hated that I had returned not ruined, but stronger. He hated that I could offer something he couldn’t completely control. And above all, he hated that everyone around the table could see my value, threatening his absolute position.
“We’ll see,” he said, his voice a cold breath. “Delyon Armaments is not a training ground for adventurous soldiers.”
“Of course not,” I agreed, keeping my tone smooth, almost disinterested. My eyes, however, drifted once again to Aurora. “It’s an empire. And empires, to survive, need to evolve. Or they are swallowed by those
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