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Chapter 31 - No Longer Lyra
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Lyra"Shh, little one," Kyline murmured, steady and warm. "You are not alone. You are never alone."Lyra stiffened at first, but the day crashed into her all at once. The whispers, the stares, the rejection. The warriors had looked at her like she was something to be scrutinized, the maids had turned their backs on her. Even sweet, caring Daphne had hesitated."I don’t belong here," Lyra choked out, her fingers curled into Kyline’s cloak. "I thought I did—I almost did. And now it’s all gone. They hate me. The maids, the warriors. Everything’s ruined." Her voice cracked, and she shook her head against Kyline’s shoulder. "I should have never left the woods. I should have never let myself feel anything. It only leads to pain."Kyline exhaled softly and pulled back just enough to look Lyra in the eyes. "You think you could have avoided pain by hiding away? That if you had stayed in the forest, the world would have forgotten you, and you’d have been safe?"Lyra swallowed hard, her throat b
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LyraFlickering torches cast relentless shadows as the floor creaked beneath Lyra’s hesitant steps.I don’t have to go in. She reasoned silently. I could turn. Run.She had already tried running and where did it get her? No, she had to face Veyron. Her stomach knotted as she brushed the door handle, cold and solid beneath her grip. She forced herself to take a deep breath. Focusing on the exhale. Beyond this door, everything would change. Did it really have to? Garrick suggested rejecting their Alpha. Was it possible? And Garrick… Her heart fluttered at the thought of him. After Alpha Veyron claimed her, their flirting would end. Did their friendship have to end too? His kiss had been so sensual. She could still taste him, feel his lips carressing hers. Nothing like Veyron’s demanding heat.Her stomach twisted violently. Veyron would take what he wanted. She had no power to stop him.Tightening her grip on the doorknob, she lifted the other hand to press against the back of the doo
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Veyron Veyron slid the dagger’s edge methodically against the whetstone with a slow, deliberate scrape. The sound sliced through the quiet night. His mind had no business straying. But still, it did.The motion of the blade against stone felt too familiar—like the feel of her body beneath him, his senses surging from their closeness. He tried to focus, but his thoughts kept circling back to the way she trembled under his touch. Everything about her made it impossible to hold back.Her approach tugged at his awareness before her scent even reached him. Eryx’s growl vibrated beneath his ribs, impatient with his hiding.She is coming to you. Let her finish the bond. She is ours.The ancient voice twisted through his mind, cold and insistent, filling the deepest corners of his thoughts. No. Let her ache. Let her yearn. She is already bound to you, whether she admits it or not. Veyron knew who spoke to him. He had used the crescent gate just before this journey. Though it had never comm
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LyraThe night air carried the scent of burning wood and crisp earth as the group settled around the campfire. Shadows danced through trees, stretching toward the sky. Lyra sat near the flames, absently poking at the embers with a stick, her thoughts a tangled mess.Her skin prickled, flushed from more than just the fire’s heat. Magnetic fluid cloyed the air—or perhaps it was just her. Every shift of her cloak across her shoulders made her wince inwardly, growing more sensitive to even the smallest sensations the longer she went without satisfying Vespera’s magic, which smoldered under her skin.Veyron had been avoiding her all day, stealing glances at her as if ashamed to even look at her. He had dragged her into this journey, forced her along. The heat of last night replayed in her mind—the touch of his hands, the weight of his body, the bite that had sent something deep and ancient crackling through her. Her thighs still remembered the press of his hips. Her neck still tingled whe
