Chapter 21
“Brin!” I cried.
She pushed Lyra away and whirled, wide-eyed. “Aine! What are you doing here?”
Beside me, Kyer chuckled. “Looks like Brin wasn’t the only one who stopped taking the blue pill.”
A thin blush crept into Lyra’s pale cheeks. “When she told me her dreams, I had to see for myself.”
I looked from her to Brin. “So you dreamed of Lyra?”
Brin nodded, fear brimming in her eyes. “Is…is that okay?”
Kyer’s hand squeezed mine and relief flooded through me. “Yeah,” I said, letting out a shaky sigh. I wanted to grab her into a fierce hug, I was so happy—for her, for me, for our new Others, for the lives and loves we’d have—but I didn’t want Kyer or Lyra to get the wrong idea.
I wasn’t surprised, really. Brin and Lyra had always been close. And now, seeing them touch each
