#Chapter 24: Vesper’s Birthday

Lyra POV

I stared at the reminder on my phone. How could I have forgotten such an important thing as my best friend’s birthday? Vesper must have been furious with me.

Was that the reason Varn had snuck off to see her in the original timeline? Did he feel the need to cheer her up and show her that her birthday hadn’t been forgotten?

It didn’t excuse what they had done—they shouldn’t have been havin