WILDER POV
“How do you think that went?” Lyra asks.
I raise my eyebrows. “How do you think it went?” I ask her. “We just threw a lot of information at you. How are you handling it?”
She sighs. “If I’m honest,” she says, “I always felt like something wasn’t adding up.”
“You did?”
“Well, it just doesn’t quite make sense, does it?” she says. “Milo and I have been running around using magic for a while now, and nothing terrible has happened. We already knew that the moon magic itself wasn’t the problem.”
“The Moon Drinkers are the problem,” I agree. “It’s their whole philosophy. Anything can be dangerous if you do too much of it.”
“Why do you call them Moon Drinkers?” she asks.
“They call themselves that,” I say. “I think it’s because they view the moon as a resource to be consumed. W
