CHAPTER 160: Reaching You

LYRA

The thrill fades faster than I expected.

One second I’m high on it, riding the rush of blood and justice and the next second, I’m staring at Selene’s body, her blood cooling under boots and it hits.

The guilt hits me hard and it hits fast, almost as if it had been waiting.

My hand goes around my throat where the wound had already healed and the blood's dried up. It's not the first time that h