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Chapter 43

Author: Annabell
last update publish date: 2026-03-12 15:30:24

Lyra's POV**

I did not leave my room that evening.

I told myself it was because I was tired, which was not entirely a lie. But the more honest truth was that I did not trust myself to sit across a dinner table from all three of them and pretend that the last two days had not happened. That Soren had not looked at me with those steady honest eyes and told me he loved me. That Vaelin had not stood in my room with his heart completely open and asked me to choose him. That Thorian had not kissed me
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