Alessandro noticed something strange about Cassian. His face reflected sadness and pain, as if he had lost something important. The answer Cassian had given left Alessandro a little worried, so he asked him.
"How did your mission go?"
Cassian took the key hanging around his neck and threw it on the table with evident displeasure.
"I have completed my mission."
Cassian was someone who always kept his feelings to himself, so Alessandro wondered what had happened on his journey that he returned so broken.
"You don't look well, Cassian, what happened?"
Clenching his fists tightly, his face marked by pain, Cassian replied.
"It's Maya."
"What happened to her? Did you argue?"
Cassian shook his head, still struggling to talk about what had happened, about the price he had to pay in exchan
