Chapter 118

Safe.

That’s what she felt when she was surrounded by his warmth.

“I thought…” Her voice cracked and she swallowed it back. “I thought you wouldn’t find me.”

Silas’s grip tightened. Not crushing. Protective. Certain.

“Of course I would find you, Lyra,” he said. “I will always find you and protect you.”

It was not a boast. It was a promise.

She let out a breath that bordered on a sob, then forced i