Chapter 232 Second Choices And First Loves

• Of course it was Xena.
• The thought follows Davina all the way through the palace corridors, refusing to leave no matter how many times she reminds herself that Cassian’s little performance meant nothing.
• She knows Cassian better than anyone. She knows every lie hidden beneath his charming smiles, and every calculated word he uses when he wants something. That entire display in the Rose Pavilion was exactly that—a display. A desperate, pathetic attempt to regain control.