Chapter 65

Lyra pauses, thinking before shaking her head. “Like what? I have nothing to give you, Kaelen,” she tells me. “I’ll bring them to see you, I promise. Please, just let me go home to them.”

The desperation in her voice makes my stomach sink.

“Tell me where they are.” I point to her food sitting on the coffee table, and she sighs, walking over and taking the armchair across from me.

“At least let