Chapter 68

*Lyra*

The low growl rumbled through the night, reverberating in my bones as the sound closed in. Every instinct in my body screamed at me to run, but my feet were frozen to the ground, my pulse thundering in my ears.

"Lyra, inside. Now!" Kaelen’s voice was sharp, filled with an urgency I’d never heard from him before. His usual calm was gone, replaced by something darker, more primal.

I whipped a