Chapter 168

**Lyra

Father stared at me. “No, you’re lying,” he whispered.

“If you want, I can go back and get her head,” I growled. “Try reaching out to her. Just try.”

Father squeezed his eyes shut, concentrating through the mind-link. But there was nothing for him to find. She was gone.

The chair behind Father’s desk nearly keeled over under his weight as Father collapsed into it. “No…” he breathed. “No… no