LYRA POVThe compound doors had barely closed behind us when I turned to face Mara.She was already in the entrance hall. Standing near the far wall with her arms folded and her silver braid over one shoulder, looking at me with an assessing look.She didn't ask how it went."Sit down," she said flatly. ."He walked out." The words came before I could stop them. "Darius just walked out of that arena. No ruling, no verdict, nothing. The tribunal gets suspended and he strolls out like he came to watch a show and got bored halfway through.""Sit down," Mara repeated."I don't want to—""Lyra."I sat on the chair near the fireplace, the one with the high back. Kael came in behind me and stopped near the doorway, leaning against the frame with his arms crossed. He hadn't said much since the arena and almost nothing in the vehicle on the way back.He just existed at my back the entire time, steady and present, and the tether between us was the quietest it had been all day — a low even hum t
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