Chapter 233 A Present

CASSANDRA

As my head began to pound from the influx of this new information, I stared off in the far corners of the room.

I saw movement in my peripheral vision, and then I felt Kaleb sit on the couch beside me. I glanced briefly in his direction, and he held a tissue out to me. Though my cheeks were stained with tears, I didn’t take it. I knew this was all by design. Every step he took was deliberate, and today’s conversation was no exception. He allowed me to listen to what Raven was going to say and then watched me break down.

Though I wanted to continue crying and dissolve into my sadness, I took a few deep breaths and calmed myself. Ronald was right. There was no way I could fight against Kaleb, at least not directly. I needed to be cunning and brave if I wanted to take the king of Yurene down.

So, I forced myself to look into his dark blue eyes.

“Are there truly 50,000 people in Wild Crawler who have caught the disease?” I asked him quietly.

Kaleb didn’t answer directly. Instead