Chapter 72

*Lyra*

The fire crackled softly between us, the scent of roasted meat filling the air as I absently chewed on the piece of venison Declan had cooked. We hadn’t spoken for a while, sitting in silence, the weight of everything I had learned pressing down on me.

I stared into the flames, trying to make sense of it all, but it felt like trying to fit together the pieces of a puzzle with half of them m