Chapter 65. A Power of Mystery

Cassian POV

Glancing around the room, I notice one face missing among the council members. An ache forms in my gut, wondering whether he was one of the thousands lost in battle.

“Phelan has gone to the safe zone to guard your mother,” Darragh explains, reading my concern, as usual. As one of our eldest councilmen, he knows me well, from far back in my childhood.

Relief floods over me. Though Phelan is getting older, I am certain he would give his life for my mother’s safety. They have known each other for many years and have developed a fond friendship of late. They both share the grief of my father’s loss—Phelan as my father’s former Beta and my mother as his queen and mate.

Sometimes when Phelan is near, my mother even seems more lucid.

“Congratulations on your marriage to our Luna