Chapter 133 Disappointed Again

• Cassius’ POV
• I stood there, like a statue carved from despair, the moonlight a cruel spotlight on the wreckage of my heart. My heart felt like a shattered mirror, reflecting fragments of my pain and sorrow.
• Foolish. I knew it was foolish to hope. Forgiveness, a chance at something more—those were luxuries I didn't deserve. Yet hadn't I seen a flicker, a warmth in her eyes, before the dam of duty slammed shut? Callista. The name whispered on my lips, a bittersweet melody that resonated with the guilt that had gnawed at me for years. Guilt that had morphed into a slow-burning illness, a sickness no healer could cure.