Chapter 35
Annalise
My eyes widened as I stared at Cassian. “But that would be against the rules. You need to go back.”
“f**k the rules!” he snapped, his voice raw and filled with frustration. He closed his eyes briefly, as though trying to rein in his emotions, but when they reopened, there was a storm brewing in their emerald depths.
“I know you don’t care for us, firefly,” he said, his tone quieter but no less intense. “But we were worried sick about you. Do you even know how difficult it was for Sylus to open that portal? You don’t care about yourself even a little bit, do you?”
His words hit harder than I wanted them to. I bit the inside of my cheek, trying not to react. “I didn’t ask you three to do that for me,” I said, keeping my tone cold and even. “As you can see, I’m doing
