Watching From Afar

After that incident, Cassandra and Siroos's days crawled sluggishly. The tension between them was very clear for the whole pack to see. 

Siroos now knew he was being reborn repeatedly due to some sadistic game by the gods. And he knew it involved love. No wonder he was deprived of it every lifetime. But he wondered why it was different, this time around. 

And why Cassandra?

She avoided him at all costs though. 

Meals were eaten at different times as she no longer prepared meals and focused her entire attention on her training. She avoided the table and only ate there when Siroos and Haylia were absent. 

The incessant fear that people didn't wish for them to be together had grappled her heart, and didn't let go. She had to safeguard what was left of her battered beating organ.