Lyra
The moment Killian took that sip, I knew that the game had started.
If they didn't get inside the Ether Pack using me, they would try to use Selene.
Killian blinked once, slow and heavy and then gave a slight shake of his head, like he was trying to wake up from a nap he hadn’t taken. Selene smiled wider, tilting her head as she murmured something to him.
He nodded vaguely, his eyes already losing some of their sharpness.
I stepped back into the shadows, keeping the pillar between us. I had memorized every part of this ballroom, where the candlelight flickered weakest, which corners echoed steps, and which did not. They didn’t see me. But I saw them.
Selene looped her arm through his with practiced ease. She spoke animatedly, like a girl playing hostess at her own wedding. Killi
