*Lyra*
The voices fade, swallowed by the wind. My ears are still twitching, my heart beating too fast for how still we’re lying. I can’t shake the words.
“Finally admit that she knows it wasn’t Lyra that killed Arica.”
I’ve known all along that I didn’t kill Arica, but hearing it like that, from Kaelen’s own men, it’s like a crack splitting open inside me. Relief mixes with rage.
Tessa.
I thought maybe she truly believed the lie Kaelen spun about me, but if a patrol is freely speaking about knowing I didn’t kill Arica, then why hasn’t Tessa said it? We were best friends…
I lower my head to my paws, trying to calm myself. Bram moves closer, his body bumping into my side. Through the mind-link he warns, “Let’s get out of here. They might circle back.”
I force myself toward Song Pa
