Chapter 158

*Lyra*

The flicker of doubt crawled into my mind, unwanted but persistent. I shoved it down. We didn’t have the luxury of hopelessness, not with Tessa standing before us, trembling and strapped to Dane’s sick declaration of war.

She wiped her tears away angrily, trying to pull herself together. The defiance in her eyes sparked something in me. This wasn’t just about Dane anymore—this was about sho