#Chapter 248: Rebuilding

Lyra POV

I sat across from Isolde at a quiet restaurant, a half-empty glass of wine in front of me. The air between us was lighter than it had been in months, but there was still an unspoken tension—a lingering wound that was still healing.

Isolde had taken the revelations about Kaelen, Varn, and Azrael in stride, but knowing the truth didn’t erase the sting of being left in the dark.

We had more