#Chapter 80: Almost Hopeless

Lyra POV

The drive back to my family home was awkward, to say the least. I couldn’t seem to shake the blush from my cheeks as I thought about facing my parents after everything that had just happened—not just Varn’s attack, but also the way I’d spent the night with Kaelen, while they’d likely been up all night worrying about me.

The memory left me with a strange sense of guilt.

Physically, I was f