Cassandra's Pov
The last man who wanted me dead was gone. Damien told me that in his office, sharing the man’s name and what he had done. He said it was finished, and the legal papers on his desk confirmed I was free, with my brother’s debt wiped clean. There were no more enemies lurking in the shadows, and it was finally over.
I stood in the office, looking at the papers but not touching them because I felt a strange numbness.
“It is done,” Damien said, standing by the window but not looking at me. He was looking out at the city. “You are legally safe, no one has a claim on you anymore.”
I waited for him to say more, but the silence filled the room heavily, a different and final kind of quiet.
“What does that mean?” I asked, my voice quiet and sounding small in the large room.
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