CHAPTER 173: The Thing Inside Me

LYRA

It’s been hours. Maybe even more. I can still taste the blood on my lips and what it felt like to kill those two wolves. I haven’t moved from the corner of the room.

What is wrong with me? I keep asking that, but I don’t get answers. I’m not supposed to be like this. I’m meant to be better, I’m meant to live and fight, and do everything right.

My head falls into my hands as I get lost in thou