Chapter 14 — Secrets Revealed
Lyra's POV
The council hall reeked of blood and smoke.
Not the fresh kind, mind you. This was the scent of ancient blood, the kind that seeps into stone and lingers in the air. Flickering torches along the walls threw long, restless shadows. My footsteps sounded deafening, as if the very room were straining to hear.
I stood in the middle.
Luna.
Leader.
Liar.
Raine was beside me, her bandages stark against her pale skin, silent.
His injury, while not fatal, had rattled him. And us. He hadn't released my wrist since the healers had done their work, not until the council summoned him.
The elders observed us from across the room.
Not with admiration.
With scrutiny.
Kael stood at the table's head, arms crossed, his jaw set. He'd stood up for me during
