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CHAPTER 28 Her Mother's Name

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last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-05 04:00:46

Her mother's name was Lyra.

Not the name of a great figure. Not the name that sounded like it belonged in prophecy or

ancient texts. Just Lyra — two syllables, the kind of name you give a child when you want

her to have something small and bright of her own.

"Your grandmother named me," Lyra said. They sat on the floor of the inner chamber, side by

side, backs against the wall, the way you sit when you are too tired to maintain the

architecture of chairs
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  • The Devil's Obsession   CHAPTER 28 Her Mother's Name

    Her mother's name was Lyra.Not the name of a great figure. Not the name that sounded like it belonged in prophecy or ancient texts. Just Lyra — two syllables, the kind of name you give a child when you want her to have something small and bright of her own."Your grandmother named me," Lyra said. They sat on the floor of the inner chamber, side by side, backs against the wall, the way you sit when you are too tired to maintain the architecture of chairs and tables. "She said it was the name of the star she was watching when I was born.""Were you actually born under it?" Aurora asked."Almost certainly not. She just liked the story." A pause. "She was like that."Aurora turned this information over. A grandmother. A story about a star. Ordinary domestic details dropped into an extraordinary context. She held them carefully because they were real in a way that very little of the past several days had fel

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