Midnight found Lyra still awake, watching wolves in the courtyard move with jerky, puppet-like motions as the mind-binding spell tightened its grip.Six days left until Seraphine's deadline. Six days before she had to walk into the Silver Court and face whatever waited there.A soft knock at her door made her turn.Rowan slipped inside, followed by a figure wrapped in a heavy cloak. Small, Hunched, Moving with the careful steps of someone very old or very injured."Who is this?" Lyra asked."Someone who might have answers." Rowan closed the door and locked it. "I had to sneak her past three checkpoints. Half the guards are compromised. But I think we made it without being seen."The cloaked figure lowered her hood.An old woman stood there. Her face was lined with age, her hair white as winter snow. But her eyes were sharp, clear, and when they landed on Lyra, they widened with shock."Elena's daughter," she breathed. "You have her eyes. Both of them."Lyra's heart jumped. "You knew m
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