LUCIEN I have never been in a position where I don’t know what to do. Where I have no control over anything, not even my own body; until tonight. Truthfully, I had taken out time to piece together and plan what I would do but when I was finally alone with her, I realized that in all my plans, nothing prepared me for a moment like this. It all started when Lyra stormed out of my office yesterday morning. ****** YESTERDAY “Mrs Mason, please come in.” I gestured to Lyra’s mother, asking her to re-enter the room. She wore switchblades in her glare. She waltz right in, throwing herself on the cushion in my office. Her face twisted with rage. “Please, don’t misunderstand.” I started calmly, taking my seat too. “I had to do that. There wasn’t any other way she would have confined in me.

