Chapter 58

Lyra

"Will you find the way, or should I take you there?" Martha asks me as I reach the edge of the stairs.

I glance up and then at her, "No, it's fine. I'll go. Don't worry, I'll go straight there and nowhere else."

"Go on then."

She watches me as I head up the stairs. She doesn't trust me that I won't go straight to where Torin is, where he has called me to talk about somethi