Marrying a Warhound (Cassian) novel Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Chapter 119

ATASHA’S POV

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“The beast inside him has been awakened?” I frowned. “Elder Agape, what are you talking about?”

“As you may have already noticed… Lord Cassian is not an ordinary werewolf. He intervened when the stone tried to take you. He succeeded, but I do not know what that cost him,” Agape had said before he left to deal with the new problem outside the gates.

Matron Yara.

Now the cabin was crowded and tense. I forced myself to focus, stop thinking about Cassian, but I couldn’t. I shouldn’t think about him right now. Not when Matron Yara just arrived at the northern outpost.

I looked at Halden as he stood near the table. I knew Grace was outside these doors so I wasn’t scared that the Matron would do something unimaginable.

Then, I finally looked at Matron Yara, behind her was her assistant called Maningo. He lingered a step behind Matron Yara, who sat with perfect posture, hands folded, eyes calm in a way that set my teeth on edge.

Why was she here?

Halden broke the silence first. “Why do you look surprised, Matron?”

“Surprised?” Yara’s smile didn’t reach her eyes. “Relieved, is the word that I would use councilor. We heard that the northern outpost was nearly overrun. I’m glad to see you still standing. I am relieved to see you still alive.”

I met her gaze. “What do you mean ‘we heard‘? Who told you anything about our situation? We have Lord Cassian guarding this outpost. The beasts would find it hard to breach our defences.”

Yara’s eyes shifted to me as if weighing whether to scold a child. She didn’t. She arranged her expression into something soft, something that almost made me sick to my stomach.”Child, I’m merely concerned. The Lord just married. A new bride so far from home, of course I came. I brought physicians to support your healers.”

“We don’t need physicians,” Halden said flatly. “Physician Mendez is enough.”

Yara blinked as if offended on behalf of her entourage. “How could that be?”

“How could what be?” I asked. “That our healers are capable of treating the wounded? Or that you only arrived with extra hands after the third night had already passed? Matron Yara, you were born and raised in the North. You knew better than anyone that surviving the third night is nothing unusual. So tell me, why did you feel the need to leave the safety of the gates, where you’re most needed, to come here now?”

A small crack showed in her smile. “It is disappointing to be greeted with suspicion when I come to serve.”

I ignored that fake facade on her beautiful face. All I wanted was to leave this cabin as soon as I could. I wasn’t in the mood to fake pleasantries. “You said you ‘heard‘ we were almost overrun,” I said. “From whom? No runner was sent. And if you truly believe the outpost was at risk, why come with just physicians and not more soldiers? The Lord is powerful. A tide like this would not make the North fall.”

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Chapter 119

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Almost immediately, her smile vanished. Yara’s palm slammed the table. “How dare you be ungrateful?” Her voice carried through the small room. “I leave the safety of the keep to bring aid, and this is how I’m received?”

I bit back my words, choosing silence instead. Halden stayed quiet as well. From everything we had learned, it was clear the Matron had pushed Reina into coming here and fed poison into Halden’s ear too. Her true purpose was still hidden from me, but one thing was certain, whatever she was after, it wasn’t for the good of

Yara looked between us, waiting for someone to retreat. When no one did, she drew a slow breath and straightened. “If our presence is not wanted, we will leave.”

“Matron,” Maningo stepped in smoothly. “We can depart at first light. The sun will set in a few hours. The roads will close, and the passes are unsafe at night.”

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