บท 325: CHAPTER 325 Sleepless

　　~ CASIMIR ~

　　A couple of hours later, the palace tunnels and the packlink were quiet. Jesse lay in my arms, deeply asleep, both of us warm in the soft cocoon of her furs. But even though I loved having her there and close and it soothed something in my heart… I couldn't sleep.

　　I couldn't stop thinking about her father and what he'd said. I couldn't stop seeing the similarities between how she felt about him, and how I'd felt about my own father-even if they used different tactics to mold us.

　　And the hair on my arms kept rising every time I thought of that man and the network he likely had in the city…

　　He may not have had my father's supernatural power. But it was clear he'd been a charismatic and influential man. Smart, too.

　　And that meant there were parts of this picture no one else knew.

　　I too was a smart, influential male who'd carried great ambition and trusted no one.