Chapter 256: Take My Hand
Aevyra was Yavres's only known daughter.
Cassian didn't know much about her. Still, he knew enough to understand how dangerous the woman before him was.
Nothing he'd seen since arriving had changed that impression.
"My name is Cassian."
The smile remained on Aevyra's lips.
"Rejecting your own identity isn't very virtuous."
Cassian looked into her yellow eyes.
He had no intention of arguing with her. What name she used for him didn't matter much, either. Cassian, Avarice, or another name he'd used in the past...
Whatever he'd lived through, whatever he'd become, he was still himself.
And that would never change.
"What does Yavres's daughter want from me?" he asked. "You must know your father and I aren't on good terms. Or does he not know you brought me here?"
Aevyra set her fishing rod down by the riverbank. Instead of answering, she moved her fingers slightly.
