Chapter 158

**Lyra

I was still walking when the memory faded, following Zelda through the woods. I stopped in my tracks, looking around us. “This isn’t the way they went.”

Zelda looked back at me, surprised. “Oh, you’re awa—er—talking.”

My eyes narrowed on her. “What did you do to me?”

“Nothing!” Zelda waved her hands. “You were just really quiet for a while, that’s all!”

“I don’t believe you. This is nowhere