Bound by Vows and Vendetta
We let the silence speak first.
His men collapsed one by one—tranquilizers, not bullets. Every breath was a countdown. Every heartbeat, an omen.
And then we found him.
Cassian.
Slumped in a high-backed iron chair, swirling his wine with a hand far too calm for the storm around him. Behind him, a crimson curtain. Above him, an antique chandelier. A madman still clinging to his stage.
As we entered, he looked up. Smirked.
“Well, well, well,” he drawled, rising with the arrogance of a ghost who believed he couldn’t die. “Such an honor to stand in the same space with a distinguished warlord of the underworld. It’s my pleasure, Your Highness.”