Chaaaaw-clet

Lyra

"Do you know exactly why they kept you alive so long, and not the others?"

Declan’s question hangs in the quiet air of the bedroom, heavy and pointed. The words seem to echo, bouncing off the walls of the spacious suite until they crowd around me, suffocating me.

Panic, sudden and blinding, claws its way up my throat. My heart hammers against my ribs like a wild, trapped animal trying to