Lyra's POVThe distance between us was quite more than enough to ensure my escape if I turned around and started running, but for some reason, I took two steps away from him, having heard what he had said to me.It was impossible that he had read my mind; it could just be a very good guess. Of course, I would want to call on Philip at such an occasion. I was in trouble and I was helpless. Unfortunately for me, the training session Philip planned out for me was constantly pushed away by me, as if I had anything to do.I mostly made excuses when he brought the conversation up, and it circled around the children. The reason why I was delaying was that I was lazy, and no other reason. But now, this was my reward for such laziness; I had to face the man who surely wanted me dead. Or as he claimed, wanted to own me."I'm not a monster, Lyra," he addressed my action of lengthening the distance between us."If you aren't, then why are you threatening to kill Philip?" I asked him, "he was your
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