~Kael~
Bang.
I shoved the bedroom door open. This time of day, Lyra was usually curled up in the sheets, napping. But today? Nothing. Not a whisper of her anywhere in the mansion.
I stepped inside, tugged loose my tie, and flung it somewhere—didn’t care where. Then I collapsed onto the bed like my bones had melted.
God, I was exhausted.
I’d never gone to school a day in my life. And now here I was, holed up for hours reciting speeches, day after day, until my jaw ached and my throat burned.
Damn it. I was turning into a goddamn honor roll student.
But if it made Lyra proud… if it made her smile… then I’d keep at it.
Still, the room felt wrong without her.
Too quiet.
Knock knock. A maid poked her head in, all nervousness and bowed posture. “Prince. Miss Gia asked me to let you kn
