Lyra POV
Ronan stood at the edge, watching me with such an intense gaze that the breath was ripped from my lungs.
He took a few steps back, and with a running leap jumped off the side. He flipped into the air before landing with a perfect dive into the water. He surfaced with a flip of his hair, eyes shining with mirth.
“Show off.” I splashed him in the face, and he threw his head back and laughed.
I almost forgot to keep swimming, ogling him with the strange sound booming from his mouth. I had never heard him laugh before, and it instantly became my favorite soundtrack; better than any music I’d ever heard. It was right up there with the sounds of the forest.
Together, we swam. We competed to catch fish, but they were too quick for us in our human forms. The waterfall pounded the po
