Chapter 12

Lyra's POV

I felt my heart take a dunk.

I have read in books about the feeling of someone's heart falling. I have always felt that it was probably overrated and it wasn't how the artists made it out to be.

However, standing there after hearing the words that came out of Asher's mouth without him reiterating it, I wanted to die.

My heart felt so heavy, like a boulder I couldn't lift and so gravity brought it down to the earth. This time, my heart was the boulder that was too heavy for me to carry.

From behind him, Devlin chuckled bitterly and swung an arm over Asher, "I cant believe there exists people who actually look like this. Is this why you're always wearing a mask?"

I remained shut, my lips quivered and I felt tears fall from my eyes as I stared at the two of them. Asher wasn't saying anything but was only looking at me like I was such a phenomenal entity worth the proper scrutiny.

He was looking at me like I was an alien and Devlin still wouldn't shut up even after she