Chapter 45
Something had changed between Lucian and Lyra.
It wasn’t something either of them could explain.
Maybe it was the night in the dungeon.
Maybe it was the way Lucian had stayed beside her until morning, refusing to leave even when she had fallen asleep.
Maybe it was the way he had finally looked into her eyes and admitted what his heart had been screaming for weeks.
Whatever it was…
They were no longer the same two people who had first met.
Lucian had confessed his feelings to her.
And Lyra had confessed hers.
Since then, the two had become almost impossible to separate.
The palace had begun noticing it too.
If Lucian was walking through the halls, Lyra was usually beside him.
If Lyra went to the library, Lucian somehow found an excuse to appear there.
If she sat in
