The word hung in the air like a death sentence.My husband.Lyra stared at the Mother Before Creation.For several heartbeats, she couldn't move.Couldn't breathe.Couldn't even understand what she had heard.Aiden.Her baby.Her final child.The tiny boy she had carried, protected, and loved.The child who had opened his eyes to the universe as though he had already seen it a thousand times.Aiden was her husband?No.Lyra's voice came out barely above a whisper.Then louder.No!The golden portal was already closing.Lyra lunged forward.AIDEN!Kael caught her around the waist before she could enter the portal.Lyra!LET ME GO!She fought him violently.My baby is in there!I know!She took him!I know!Then let me go!Kael tightened his arms around her.No. We don't know what that thing is capable of.Lyra turned toward him, tears burning in her eyes.She called him her husband.Kael froze.For the first time since the Mother had appeared, genuine fear crossed his face.His darknes
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