Chapter 40

Lyra

I was still quite shaken when I got back to the house, the tremors going through my body lightly, and I went out to the beach once Bella and Greg slept off in their beds.

"Lyra?" Bethany asked once she picked up the video call I had placed to her, sounding sleepy, and I checked the time.

"Yeah, sorry to wake you up." It should be around six over there.

"No. No. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah. Yes. I think so..."

"What is it?"

"I... I almost got raped today."

"What?! Are you okay?!"

"Yup."

The laugh left my mouth before I could even stop myself.

"Lyra..."

"I'm fine. I'm fine. Seriously."

I hadn't even realized how shaken up I was by the whole thing until I got back into a taxi that brought us home, but I was fine now.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Just wanted to hear your voice and... talk to you.

"You do know I have to be in school in a few hours, though."

I rolled my eyes, "You and your academic passion."

"Fine. Spill."

Thirty minutes later, she went totally silent on the phone and tried