CHAPTER 32 —Lyra moved like a blade.Her hand shot for Sable’s exposed wrist, fingers closing around the torn cloth, aiming for the circlet like she could rip the lock off with sheer authority.Sable gasped.The burn in her throat flared.The echo surged, ecstatic.Maeven moved on instinct—Bone Seer instinct, mate instinct, survival instinct all braided into one.She slammed her bones down onto Lyra’s forearm.Not as a weapon.As a name-break.The bones clicked against Lyra’s skin, and Maeven whispered bone-language fast—sharp, ugly, precise.Lyra hissed and recoiled as if the words stung.Sable’s lungs filled.Choice returned in a rush like air after drowning.Caelan surged forward, catching Lyra’s wrist and twisting it hard.Lyra snarled, eyes flashing. “Don’t touch me,” she spat.Caelan’s voice dropped, deadly. “Touch her again,” he said, “and I’ll break your crown with my teeth.”Garr
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