The Price of Doubt

For a moment, Lyra just sat there—heart pounding, throat tight, her world quietly tilting off its axis.

Kaelen’s words echoed in her chest—like a vow burned into bone.

“I’ll make one for you. One that’s only yours.”

She hadn’t expected tonight to end like this. Definitely not with that.

When silence finally filled the space between them—thick, humming—Lyra did the only thing she could: break i