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Chapter 88: A Warning in PublicBefore Jackson could answer, another voice called out from behind him, tense and urgent.“Jackson.”The voice was not loud, but it carried enough weight to cut through the small noise gathering around them. Jackson’s smirk paused before it could fully settle on his face, and the few people flanking him also turned slightly, their expressions shifting with the kind of cautious respect people showed when someone more important had arrived. Damian stepped forward quickly from behind him, his pace controlled but a little too fast to be called casual, and though his face was carefully blank, the sharpness in his eyes made it clear he had not come over to join the provocation.“Stop causing trouble,” Damian said.Jackson’s expression changed immediately. “Brother?”Damian did not look at Cassian for too long. He allowed his gaze to pass over him once, briefly and calmly, as if Cassian was nothing more than another guest standing beside Zora at the auction h
Chapter 87
Chapter 87: His Brother Is BackThe following day, they arrived at the auction house together.The building stood tall at the center of a quieter business district, its glass front reflecting the pale morning light while polished black cars rolled up one after another before the entrance. It was not the kind of place that needed loud banners or exaggerated decorations to prove its value. Everything about it spoke in a lower voice, from the clean stone steps to the discreet security at the doors, from the attendants in matching uniforms to the guests who stepped out of their cars with the calm certainty of people used to entering places ordinary men only heard about afterward. The wealth here was restrained, but it was everywhere. In the watches hidden beneath sleeves, in the soft shine of tailored suits, in the brief nods exchanged between men whose businesses crossed in public and clashed in private, in the way even laughter was kept at a polite volume.Zora walked a step ahead, el
Chapter 86
Chapter 86: The Auction TomorrowBack at the estate, Zora was waiting by the door when Cassian strolled in.She stood beneath the soft light of the entrance hall with her arms crossed, one eyebrow raised, and the kind of stillness that made it clear she had been standing there for more than a minute. Ahe was not panicking, not exactly, but her expression carried that familiar edge between curiosity and suspicion, the one she always wore whenever Cassian disappeared for longer than expected and returned looking as if nothing in the world had happened. The estate behind her was quiet, servants already moving carefully through the deeper parts of the house, but the front hall felt strangely focused around her, as if the entire place had been waiting for Cassian to step through the door.Cassian paused for half a breath when he saw her, then continued walking in like this was completely normal.Zora’s eyes followed him. “Where have you been?”Her voice was calm, but not soft. It had tha
Chapter 85
Chapter 85: The PrescriptionReaching into his sleeve, Cassian pulled out a folded prescription.The motion was so casual that, for a brief second, Damian almost failed to react to it. After everything that had just happened, after the poison had been exposed and the hidden reason behind the marriage had been torn open in a few short sentences, something as ordinary as a folded piece of paper felt strangely out of place. Yet the moment Cassian’s fingers appeared from his sleeve, Damian’s eyes sharpened again, his body instinctively preparing in case it was a weapon, a talisman, a hidden needle, anything that could strike faster than thought. But Cassian did not attack. He simply flicked his wrist, and the folded prescription flew across the room with light precision before landing on the table between them.The paper slid once across the polished surface and stopped.“Take it,” Cassian said.Damian stared at the prescription without moving.Cassian’s voice stayed calm. “It will make
Chapter 84
Chapter 84: Not His BusinessThat was when Damian finally broke.Not physically or in the way a fighter broke when bones cracked or blood filled the mouth. It was something quieter, but far more violent inside his head. His thoughts were moving too fast, crashing into one another without giving him space to steady himself. Cassian had spoken of the poison. He had spoken of Miranda’s constitution, the marriage as though he had stood inside Damian’s private thoughts while they were forming. It was one thing for an enemy to discover an old injury or read flaws in a cultivation method. It was another thing entirely to uncover the real reason behind a marriage decision Damian had never confessed to anyone.His voice rose before he could fully control it. “How do you know any of this?”Cassian remained seated.Damian stepped forward, but this time there was no golden light around his fists. His anger was still there, but it had lost the clean direction of battle. It had become unstable, m
Chapter 83
Chapter 83: A Cure That Was Never ThereCassian continued before Damian could recover.His voice took on an almost instructive tone, calm and measured, like a teacher handing down advice nobody had asked for, yet every word was placed with enough precision that Damian had no space to interrupt. There was no mockery in Cassian’s expression now, unnecessary amusement, or careless provocation. He had already broken the challenge before it became a fight, and now he seemed more interested in correcting a dangerous mistake than humiliating the man standing before him. That made the words heavier, because Damian could feel that Cassian was not saying them to win an argument. He was saying them because he truly knew.“It’s only fair I give you one piece of advice,” Cassian said. “Free of charge.”Damian’s fingers curled slightly.He wanted to speak, but his throat felt tight. The poison was not something strangers should know. Even the word itself carried years of frustration, hidden treatm
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