AlexanderAs we continue our journey, my mind won’t settle, still reeling with the knowledge that I could lose Lyra when I’ve only just accepted our bond. The split was torturous, but the reunification only made me stronger.Why couldn’t the mate bond stabilize with similar harmony. Instead, I feel it fade like dying embers in my soul. Each fluctuation sends fresh pain through me, like a knife to the heart. I can see from Lyra's occasional winces that she feels it equally. Kieran's temporary stabilization helps, but it's clearly fading as we travel.During a brief rest to water the horses, Lyra approaches me, her expression troubled. "There's something I need to tell you," she says quietly. "Something I should have mentioned when we first found you in the palace gardens."The seriousness in her tone concerns me. "What is it?"She hesitates, then reveals, "When Selene led the attack on our settlement, she... helped me escape. After cornering me, she deliberately misdirected her guards,
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