CHAPTER 208: Return To The Living

LYRA

I wake choking on my breaths.

My lungs burn like I’ve drowned and then returned to life. Everything takes a moment to settle in, a moment too long. The air is thick, heavy and it feels like I'm breathing through water.

My body is stiff. My back—oh, my back. The memory of Reid's blade slicing into me flashes in my mind, and I flinch, my hand reaching for the wound.

But it's gone.

Healed.

"Lyra