Lyra's Pov
Ten days is not enough time. We use every hour of it anyway.
I shared the vision with Theron immediately at dawn. He sat up fast, no grogginess, like some part of him had already been waiting for bad news. I watched his face change while I talked, the calm dropping away piece by piece until what was left was pure focus.
"They are not waiting for the Blood Moon," he said slowly . "They are moving before it. That means they do not want to interfere during the ceremony. They want to stop it from happening at all."
"Three targets," I said. "Us. The ceremony location. Or the other bloodlines you and Calla have been trying to protect."
"We cannot defend all three the same way." His jaw tightened. "We do not have the numbers for that, not in ten days."
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