Chapter 55

Lyra

"Martha!" Torin shouts as he enters the living room downstairs.

Everything happens so abruptly. I'm barely inside that room when Torin finds me, and when he does, he's beyond furious. He raises his voice to a frightening level, startling me before he forces me down the staircase to the floor downstairs and into the lounge.

He doesn't let go of me either, not once. His hand on