Silas.
The moment I had left Cassie last night, my heart absolutely broke. She was everything I ever wanted, and though she reminded me so much of Anna, I didn't want her to think the only reason why I was with her was because she reminded me of Anna.
Anna and I had a relationship far beyond what a normal guard would have with his charge, but with it, that was all it was. A sexual relationship with no emotional attachment because I was not her mate, nor would I ever have been.
Granted, after Anna died, I absolutely broke into pieces, the emotions of losing her too much for me to bear. I begged fate to give me a chance to have a mate of my own, one who looked like Anna and had her kind heart, but with the fire of an internal dragon inside of them.
I knew it was a long shot for me to actually have a mate who filled all of those things, but the moment I laid eyes on Cassie, I knew without a doubt she was exactly what I had been waiting for.
