Cassian went looking for Brigid after finishing his talk with squad captain Ronan. There, he learned that her latest assignment had indeed come from him—making his earlier lie almost completely true. She needed people to follow her for that task, not powerful warriors, just lower-circle fighters or mages of equal rank. Which meant if Cassian managed to beat a few of them into submission, everyone would naturally assume she had ordered him to do it as her slave.
That realization gave him a flicker of relief. At least he didn't have to keep pretending to be some ruthless killer or twisted torturer.
But the relief didn't last. He soon heard that Brigid had already moved her things into her grandmother's house.
"For fuck's sake," Cassian muttered under his breath. "She couldn't wait until tomorrow…?"
