Milo POV
Gasping, I lower Lyra to the ground. I kneel beside her and scoop up a handful of water from the creek we’ve stopped at.
“Here,” I say, holding it up to her lips. “Drink.”
She does.
Just the fact that she’s understanding and following instructions helps me calm down a bit. I brace my hands on her shoulders and wait until she looks me in the eye.
“I’m all right,” she says. “I’m fine, Milo.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah,” she says. She shakes her head a little. “What was that? It was like my brain shut down.”
I hesitate. She’s so distrustful of what we are already. Still, though, she has a right to know.
“It was moon magic,” I say.
She stares at me.
“Seriously?”
“Really advanced stuff,” I tell her quickly. “Not like anything I’ve ever seen before.”
“So you couldn’t do that to
