***Cassius***
By evening, the crowd outside had swelled to hundreds.
I stood at the window of my room watching people gather in the square below, all of them wanting confirmation that the impossible was true. That Cassius Von Eberhart, the empire's golden son who'd died in the war, was alive.
A knock on my door pulled my attention away.
"Come in."
Raizel entered, looking exhausted. "The crowd's only getting bigger. We need to make an official announcement soon before this gets out of control."
"I understand."
"Cadiz and I will handle most of it. We'll confirm you were brought back through his primal omega power, that you've been recovering in seclusion, and that you've returned to help establish the priest order." He paused. "We won't mention Sailcrest. The public doesn't need to know where you've actually been."
I nodded, grateful he was thinking strategically about this, the truth was far too complicated for public consumption.
"When?"
