Cassandra's Pov
The morning after the nightmare changed something. I saw the way he looked at me. I felt the space he left in the bed, a slow burn of anger and something else started inside me. I was tired of being scared, i was tired of being studied. I decided to test him.
I became bolder. It started with small things, he had a rule about the balcony. The glass walls were very high but he said it was not safe for me to go out alone. The next afternoon when he was in his office I went out anyway. I stood in the cold air and looked down at the city. He found me there within minutes. He didn’t shout, he just opened the door and stood watching me. His face was calm but his eyes were dark.
“Come inside, Cassandra,” he said.
“I like the view,” I said, not moving.
“The view is better from
