Chapter 119Lyra's POVThe following morning, I found myself standing beside Theron in the eastern hall, waiting for the Ashveil delegation to arrive.I had spent most of the morning wondering what it would feel like to see Ryker and Renn again. I had imagined anger, discomfort, even indifference, but none of those emotions seemed strong enough to describe what I actually felt. After everything that had happened, they were simply two people from a life I had once believed would be mine forever.Theron stood beside me with his hands clasped behind his back, his expression calm as he watched the doors. To anyone else, he probably looked completely detached from the situation, but I knew him well enough to notice the small things. His jaw had been tense since we came downstairs, and every few moments, his eyes shifted toward me as if checking whether I was still comfortable.When the doors finally opened, Ryker and Renn entered with a small group of guards and one council representat
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