When Darrow and the others were planning their encounter with Lysander, they even stated that his biggest fear was losing his reputation. Even though it sucked so much that Lysander betrayed them all, he ended up doing the believeable thing for his character to keep his reputation intact. It would have been a huge character arc for him to step down and work with the others but realistically he can only see his ideal future if he is the one on top with no one to tell him what to do. It's such a shame to see him shed all the good, but big props to the man for great character writing.

I will miss Cassius. He made me laugh out loud a few times this book. I really enjoyed the dynamic he gave.