Chapter 40

Lyra

Hours go by. I beg to be heard and released, not to die.

And for a while, there's no sound or presence in here. It's just me, completely alone and scared. Nighttime has set in and I can barely see within this dark place. I hold the cuff around my ankle, digging my fingers through it as I anxiously sit here. No one comes. No one at all.

The silence and the darkness terrifies m