~ RONAN ~ I hold on to Lyra as she stares up at me, her lips trembling. "I can't believe it's there. Within m-me," she stammers and starts to reel, visibly in shock. "I've always known it was, but somehow I kept telling myself it was nothing. Before, I couldn't remember some things after they happened. Everything was blurry or blacked out. But now I do. It’s like I'm seeing another person's memories." You know what? Strike what I said before. When I see Magnus, I'm breaking his entire f*****g body. "You and your wolf are connected now," I say as I glide my knuckles across her cheek. "There won't be any more back and forth between you two. You're two parts of one whole." "But it doesn't seem possible. I feel so different." "Nothing's changed." Brushing my thumb across her lips, I murmu

