After a brief pause, Cassius said, "Very well. And Flora… Do not betray my faith in you. If you lied to me about any of this to get back at Grace for reasons I don't care about, I'll simply have to—kill you."
Even if he was almost positive this stylish girl and the meek Angel were indeed related, he knew how messy a family could get. If things really came down to it, family members could stab each other in the back—the worst kind of betrayal.
Nonetheless, when those final words left Cassius's mouth, the inside of the train all of a sudden turned dark. Then, with the screeching of the train's brakes, light returned.
But the shadowy cloaked man had mysteriously… disappeared.
Flora struggled to budge from her spot for the next ten minutes, with her thoughts still filled with Cassius's threats. And then there was the way he looked at her… Oh, that look! It was so… it was so… f*cking hot…!
