#Chapter 114: Two Steps Forward

Lyra POV

My father was staring at me expectantly. I felt silly for how nervous I was, I knew that I had done nothing wrong. Facing his anger wasn’t something I was used to. I took a deep breath to calm myself.

“Kaelen and I spent the afternoon figuring out a use for the land we gained from Varn,” I said. “That’s why we had the maps out.”

“What do you mean by that?” he asked. “It’s farmland; we’ll