Chap 18

Amelia's POV

True to my words that Cassius would never let me go, Elizabeth came to my room hours later and informed me with a grim face that Cassius had requested that I come to serve dinner with her.

Her face had been so downcast as she helped me into a dress and I shook, still so weak from all of the blood loss but knowing that I did not dare ignore the Master's request.

I was certain that he wanted to see what he had done to me and probably show off his pet to the wolves, but I wondered if he already knew what Damien had told me. About me being his mate.

Shaking my head, I knew that it was impossible. The minute Cassius knew that I was that valuable to Damien, he would milk the opportunity for everything he could get and when I was no longer needed or useful, he would slit my throat. Anything to make sure that he won.

"I tried to convince him that you are still very ill but you know how he is," Elizabeth said with a sigh as she placed me in front of the mirror. When she