Vera’s POV:

“Relax,” he murmured quietly near my ear. “If I wanted to hurt you, sweetheart, we wouldn’t be here. We are going to talk.”

I began to shake again when I heard those words leave his lips. I tried not to make it visible. I knew just how dangerous Cassian was, and it would not take long for him to kill everyone in the restaurant if he actually felt threatened.

So, I tried my very best to look as impassive as I could outside, but within me, I was a complete mess.

Every instinct I had was screaming at me to run away, to push Cassian into the cashier...