Cassian POV
The light coming through the unshaded window wakes me up.
Lyra starts to stir too, so I get out of bed and go quickly to the window. I pull the shade closed. I want her to get a little more sleep. She’s been through enough lately.
It is so completely weird that I find myself caring for her.
This wasn’t the plan at all. I was going to turn around and hand her right back to her pack. I mean, taking one night to ourselves does make sense because they wouldn’t buy it if I freed her and then walked right back up to them to claim the reward. They need to believe that enough time has gone by for her to have freed herself, gotten captured again, and gotten turned in.
Also, I should turn her in to Paul, not to the pack. I’m not supposed to know who it is that’s looking for her. I’
