~ LYRA ~ Everything is so freaking surreal. I release a soft sigh, shoving the last of my clothing into my bag. I woke with an unusual daze on the couch. At first, I hadn’t known how I’d gotten there, but then as I came to, I began to remember bits and pieces of what had occurred. I'd immediately rose and went in search of Ronan, only to be hit with another surprise. Ronan and Silas were together—and they were being civil to each other. The truth is, I’d initially walked into the office braced for war, so when I found both of them talking amicably, without a gun in sight, I saw it as an omen that positive things were yet to come. It was like a ray of sunshine finally breaking through intense clouds. I’d settled into the chair in Silas’s office and gotten a few snippets of truth as bo

