The Weight of a Name

The moment the car slowed to a stop, Lyra’s pulse began to race. Her palms grew clammy against her dress as her fingers twisted together in her lap.

It hit her all at once—how much her life had changed in less than three months.

Not long ago, she’d been just another working student—pouring coffee by day, cramming for exams by night, counting coins each week just to get by. Then came the internsh