(Kiara)
I knew something had happened the moment Cassian entered the dining room the next morning. He took his usual seat beside Lysander, but there was something different about the way he avoided looking at Lucan. I continued setting breakfast on the table and didn't look at him longer than necessary. Whatever he'd found in the records would have to wait.
Maris kept me busy after breakfast. I cleaned the dining room, helped in the kitchen, then carried supplies to the servants' rooms. By the time I finished, Cassian was nowhere around. I started wondering whether Lucan had found another way to keep him occupied.
Aurelia appeared near the kitchen doorway before lunch. She didn't come inside because Maris was working a few feet away from me. Instead, she placed a small book on a table n
