Chapter 50
A Night to Remember
Lucian had been awake for hours when Lyra finally sat beside him.
“Tell me everything,” he said softly.
Lyra hesitated.
“Everything?”
“Everything that happened after I left.”
She nodded.
She began from the moment she realized something was wrong—the darkness that had filled the room, the people who had attacked her, how they had taken her away, and how she had struggled to break free.
She told him about Damian.
She told him about the fortress.
And finally, she told him about the power that had erupted from inside her.
Lucian listened without interrupting.
Not once.
When she finished, silence filled the room.
“Damian did this?” he finally asked.
Lyra nodded.
“Yes.”
Lucian’s expression darkened.
“But he wasn’t alone.”
“Seraphina.”
His jaw t
