Relax!

"Lyra, Lyra!" Lyra heard someone yell her name.

Her strides increased as she just ran wherever her legs took her.

"Lyra hold on, that area is not safe at night!" She heard the person scream and she slowly came to an halt and bent placing her hands on her knees to support her body as she tried to regularize her heavy breathing.

She looked up and realized it wasn't any of her brothers, it was her very annoying neighbor- Maximilian who had always wanted to talk to her.

"Lyra, you need to calm down" he whispered as he also moved forward to her slowly.

"Don't come any closer!" She yelled stretching her hands out to him as she moved backwards.

"Relax!" He whispered soothingly still moving close to her,

"Stop!" She screamed in fear as she moved backwards too, since she was born she had never been this scared of someone.

Maximilian could see the fear in Lyra's eyes and he immediately stopped moving closer to her.

"Lyra, please, you need to listen to me," he said, holding up his hands in surre