Chapter 267

Lyra's POV

The celebrations kicked off, and it became as if we all had not noticed the death of a random man. His betas had been taken away and obviously slaughtered, knowing Philip.

The only thing that made the atmosphere a little serious, giving off the idea that something terrible and life-threatening had happened, was the security that filled the place.

According to my deductions, guards were not a thing that existed on this island, and it was a rarity for there to exist such an air in the place.

No matter how I tried to let go, to just focus on having fun like everyone else, I was reminded of what was going on, of the fact that there would always be danger lurking in the darkness, in the secret place.

There was no way that there would just exist peace here, knowing that the death of Tristan wasn't going to bring about such.

Something in me thought if I had known that this was how the world was going to be after his death, then maybe I wouldn't have killed him.

That was a lie.

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