IN the early hours of the morning, before the sun even rose high in the sky, Thomas was suddenly called by his father to the study. He had just woken up when the butler came to his room and informed him that his father wanted to talk to him. Despite feeling a bit confused, he didn't ask much and just went there.
He walked down the corridor of the manor. Because of eating dinner here yesterday, they decided to stay for the night. Cassius planned to leave after dinner, but Nicol insisted that he stayed. Probably because Astrid Townsend had already rejected the invitation of staying overnight, Cassius couldn't bear to disappoint Nicol any further, and thus, he agreed.
It had been a while since the four of them stayed in the same house for the night. Well, it might not have mattered much, since the manor was so big that it would be easy to avoid people if they just wanted to. It's probably also one of the reasons why Cassius agreed to stay.
