Cassie’s POV- Over breakfast, I could not believe how ordinary they all were. They told me so much about their world, and it was so good to know everything they were telling me. I understood everything they were saying. They spoke plainly and in a way that even a child could understand all the information that they were giving me. I was shocked and saddened by what Abadrax’s mother had told me about what would happen to him. If I rejected the mate bond and the chance to become a demon, then Abadrax would lose everything. That put a heavy burden on me. But then I thought the only thing that had ever meant anything to me was him. I connected the dots, my past made me a Fallen, and my fate and destiny lie with Abadrax. If my past hadn’t made me a Fallen, then I would not be able to spend

