"Thanks."

Lyra

It is close to the start of the ceremony, and I am trying not to throw up from nervousness. I dig my fingernails into my palms trying to give myself something else to focus on. I am sitting on the stage next to Declan with Ember on the other side of me. Ember sits, picking her nails looking disinterested. I wish I could feel the same. She is wearing tight leather pants and a long-sleeved whit