A/N : I hope you liked the last chapter. From this chapter on I will be adding more of Cassian and more feelings between them. I hope you like it!

Lilith

Rhys had winnowed me to the House of Wind after asking quietly," Are you sure you don't want to fly?" I had shaken my head. Of course he would remember. When I was little, he and Az would take me out flying to new places, to help me improve, but also because they enjoyed spending time with me, despite my young age at the time. Since my parents died, I hadn't flied, not once. I had pulled my wings from wherever they disappeared to, but had never flown since then.

As we flew, I realised how much I missed the wind on my face, but it was different in his arms. We landed on the roof training area at the House of Wind with a thud.
" Good luck," he said, with a wink and something of regret in his eyes," Cassian is a lot harder than he looks." I chuckled quietly.
" Then I guess I'm in for a treat." He smiled before leaping into the air. I watched him disappear until he was a speck. I had made sure that Rhys dropped me off early at the training ring early, because I wanted some time to think. I didn't tell him that though. When I was sure that Cassian wasn't going to jump out of nowhere, I reached inside of me, grabbing my wings from where they sat dormant, and I released them.

In a mighty flap my wings flung free. They spread behind me as I stood with my face upturned to catch the warm morning sunlight. My wings seemed to drink up the warmth, looking particularly golden and red in the light. A small smile danced on my lips as a feeling of safety settled over me. After everything I had been through, it was the small moments like these that I enjoyed the most, that had the most meaning. It was like I could feel my mother smiling from up above. Glad that I finally released my wings. Who I truly was, and the beautiful gifts she had given me.

I didn't notice him standing behind me.

Cassian

If I'm being completely honest about it, I was slightly nervous about seeing Lilith. Ever since I first laid eyes on her at the party in that magnificent dress, I had thought that she was the most beautiful fae I had ever seen. The way her green and gold eyes sparkled and how the gold in her hair brought out the gold in her eyes. The reds and brown of her hair were ever changing, and when they hit the light, they grew and shone. Just like now.

I don't know how I had never smelt it on her, the scent that made someone clearly Illyrian. But I could have easily gotten confused with the slight scent of Hybern that clung to her, or perhaps I had mistaken it as Rhys or Az or myself.

But her individual scent filled my nose as I came close enough. Sandalwood and rose. I breathed it in. I don't think she noticed I was there. I had the intention of jumping down from where I sat atop another part of the roof that was higher that the training ground. I watched her chat with Rhys, and when he was nothing but a peck in the distance, her expression changed. It was an expression I was yet to see her wear. It was truth.

Each time she was in the house, all her smiles seemed forced, and she had never truly laughed. Only small chuckled that didn't sound real. But here was this beautiful female, and she was broken, wearing her true skin that she had not let anyone ever see. I felt guilty in that moment, but I had to reign in my gasp as a pair of great, magnificent wings sprung from her back. They were darker than her hair, but not black like the rest of ours. They had hints of an iridescent red, and gold. She spread the behind her and I watched the sun catch all of those beautiful colours. She turned her head up, and I saw a small smile, a real smile, and I knew what she was feeling – serenity, safety, belonging…

But I couldn't spy on her for any longer. As hard as it was to tear my eyes from her, and that small smile, I spread my own wings and jumped from the roof to land behind her so that it looked as though I had flown it. Her wings were even more beautiful up close.

I knew she heard me because she spun with lightning speed and I found an Illyrian blade being pointed at my throat. Her wings were unfurled behind her and her hair was free and blowing behind her in the soft wing. Calling her a goddess was still not enough to cover how she looked in that moment. I held my hands up in surrender and she slowly lowered the blade. Her wings disappeared in a second I could of mistaken them for never being there at all.
" Never scare me like that!" She said sternly pointing a long nailed finger in my direction.
" Understood." I said. I waited a moment before saying, " I never knew that you were Illyrian." It was more of a question that a statement. She huffed and dragged her hair away from her face. She began braiding it, and when Lilith could reach no farther down her back, she pulled her half finished braid over her shoulder and continued. I don't know how she managed with hair that long.
" Not many people know." Lilith replied, referring to her Illyrian heritage.
" Then I'm honoured." I said and placed a hand over my heart and did a small bow with a smirk on my face. She shook her head at my joke.
" The only people who know is Rhys, Az, Mor, Amren, my parents, and I'm sure Feyre has gathered enough information about me from Rhysand to know as well. And now you too." I wasn't sure how to reply so…
" Get in the ring," I ordered. " We'll start with a simple warm up, then, we'll fight." She didn't move. " Sit ups." I said, pointing to the ground. she scowled at me but dropped to the ground and crossed her arms over her chest. I didn't think she would of voluntarily done the hard ones.
" I didn't come here for exercise like this, I came here to have a fighting partner." She said with ease despite the sit ups.
" Oh well." I said, a smile dancing on my lips at her frustrated face.
" Hey! If I'm doing this crap, so are you. So drop and give me twenty." She said, pointing to the ground and imitating me in the last bit. I broke into a laugh and got down on the ground beside her.

As I continued to do sit up she kept up with my pace with ease and I couldn't help but wonder what form of training she did at Hybern. At some point during our warm up Mor and Feyre came to the roof and began to spar.
" I think that's enough exercising for now." I said, pushing myself off of the ground and offering Lilith my hand . She hesitated a moment before grabbing it and allowing me to pull her up.
" Now can we fight?" she whined. I chuckled and tossed her a pair of fighting gloves. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Rhys and Azriel walk onto the deck, deep in conversation, but dressed for training which they soon took up. Amren followed close behind them and did some simple stretches while Mor and Feyre continued to battle.

Lilith

The heat felt like it was making my blood boil, but I continued working. Over these past weeks I hadn't trained, and I feared I was getting out of shape. I peeled my jacket off, having poke out my chest slightly to get the sleeves off my arms. Cassian was talking to Azriel while I got ready. I caught him watching me out of the corner of his eyes, tracing the movement of my body. I ignored his piercing stare but it left me feeling surprisingly warm and fuzzy. I was now just wearing some stretchy, high waisted black tights that reached my ankles and a short singlet top that clung to my chest and cut off at my navel.

I pulled on the gloves and said to Cassian," I'm ready." He came over with a smirk on his face.
" I hope you're ready Little Lilith." I cursed Rhys saying that that is what he used to call me. Cassian apparently found it necessary to continue calling me Little Lilith. I could see the others slow their own fighting and pretend they weren't watching us.
" You can still run, I won't judge." Cassian barked a laugh, as did Rhys who wasn't even bothering to pretend he wasn't listening. In fact, he and Azriel had stopped their own training and were now leaning on their swords – watching.
" Funny. I was about to say the same thing to you." He smirked. Getting into a fighting position, but I didn't move. My arms were slack at my sides, my body relaxed.
" I would take her advice to tun if I were you boy." Amren called as she walked over with Mor and Feyre. Apparently we would have an audience, because they were yet to see me truly fight. This would be fun, I thought as Cassian took a breath that signalled his fist.

A/N : Hi! I hope you all liked this. People have mention that Lilith is similar to Aelin from Throne of Glass. Answering those people, I just want to let you know that this is not a crossover, Lilith is simply cocky and hiding who she really is inside. I hope you all liked this. Please review and tell me what you thought, I love to hear your advice! :)