My Insolent Shadow (22 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 46

The officers who had respectfully ushered Cassian inside quickly disappeared outside without any restraint, unlike before.

With a click, the door shut, and Cassian stepped boldly past the iron bars into the cell where Yuriciel sat.

Yuriciel’s slender body trembled uncontrollably as she looked at him.

Hadn’t it been said he had collapsed?

She had thought he might never rise again.

Yet now, as if to prove all those rumors false, he stood before her as unwavering as ever.

Though his face appeared somewhat pale, Yuriciel—who had watched over him all this time—knew well enough: he looked no different than usual.

Was she losing her mind, hallucinating now?

Even as she heard his footsteps drawing closer, one by one, it still didn’t feel real.

Yuriciel trembled as if she were seeing a ghost.

Instinctively, her body took a step backward.

But in this enclosed space, escape was meaningless.

Cassian caught Yuriciel as she tried to flee and gently, yet firmly, turned her face toward his with one hand.

Her image settled softly upon his crimson eyes.

Her tousled red hair, her split and swollen lips, her tear-streaked face—

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