262.Chapter 262

Cole couldn't figure out why Lyra had started to occupy his thoughts. Maybe it was the way she sat there quietly, listening to their plans to send her away, her calm and steady gaze making him feel inexplicably uneasy.

Or maybe it was the time she fainted in his arms, her pale face showing a vulnerability he hadn't noticed before. It hit him that she wasn't just some girl; she was his sister, some