LYRA’S POV I woke up early the next day and decided to make breakfast myself. I barely slept through the night, plagued by thoughts of Rowan and Jasper in equal halves. My body still tingled from my action with Jasper and I felt an inexplicable urge to seek him out again. All through the night, I was stuck between being worried of how Rowan and the others would fare in their journey to find Alpha Jones and what my relationship with Jasper meant moving forward. The words he spoke, his body language, and how he expertly made me forget Rowan for a second last night, all contrasted to the aloof personality he embodied after the deed. Barely looked me in the eyes as he dismissively handed over the shirt. I was close to combustion with the amount of thoughts I processed, trying to under

