Chapter 365

Lucius just curled his lips coldly and didn't bother to reply. Seeing his silence, Cassandra didn’t press further. She figured he was probably just trying to scare her. After all, he was Damien Blackwood’s real brother—there’s no way he’d actually do anything to him. And Damien being who he was, odds were Lucius couldn’t touch him anyway. Cassandra wasn’t someone totally lacking in feelings. She knew exactly where she stood emotionally. Toward Lucius, there was guilt—definitely some childhood memories mixed in—but it was nothing more than that. Damien, on the other hand... The two of them stayed quiet for the rest of dinner. The air was weirdly stiff. Halfway through the meal, Cassandra’s phone buzzed with a low-key call. She gave Lucius a quick heads-up before heading out to the garden just behind the restaurant to answer. She had just finished the call and was slipping her phone back into her bag when something bumped into her from behind. Spinning around, she saw Mara Hawthorne let