Chapter 88: Just Sex

Lyra stayed in silence for a long moment.

Then she turned around to face Alaric with a far-away expression.

“What do you think last night was?” she asked.

The muscle under Alaric’s right eye twitched.

He sensed her aloofness.

Joy was quickly fading away from his face.

After a small pause, he tossed the question right back at her, “What do you think last night was then?”

“Sex,” she answered in a st