Chapter 101

**Lyra**

Cormac’s head snapped up, his expression sharp, searching. “How do you know that?”

I closed my eyes, letting the memory of the ritual wash over me—the pain, the darkness, the heartbeat that had guided me back. Somewhere in that darkness, in that moment when I’d been closest to the edge, I had seen her, felt her presence like a shadow on my soul. And with it, I’d glimpsed her weakness, the