#Chapter 196: I Know You

Lyra POV

I felt oddly numb as I watched my kidnapper drive away. Kaelen had just let him go—no, he had practically ordered him to leave. And as much as I wanted to feel outraged, I simply couldn’t. It was as if I should have expected it.

After everything that had happened in the past few days... after seeing the way Kaelen had handled things with Dr. Sarn... it was painfully clear. Kaelen was a cr