Chapter 46
Cassian
Among us three, I’ve always been labeled the most gullible—the soft one, the one who could falter if pressed too hard. My brothers feared I might slip up and reveal the secrets we’ve kept so carefully from her.
Secrets like how we threatened her father to push her away, knowing it would force her into our arms. Or how we slipped Lucien that potion, ensuring his so-called mate bond with Willow. Lucien wasn’t her mate, but Annalise needed to sever her connection to him, to finally move on. The potion was a calculated gamble; if Lucien truly felt the mate bond with her, the spell would have shattered instantly. But it didn’t. That night confirmed everything and tore me apart in equal measure.
It was the happiest and cruelest night of my life—we found her, our mate, but
