Chapter 27 My First Kill

• Lyra's POV
• I thought the death of Simpleton would pacify me. You know make me feel victorious. Ease the pain or something of that sort. But it didn’t. It hit me then that I'd just killed a man for the first time in my entire fuck!n life. Sure, Nightshade delivered the final blow, but I was the one who carved out his eyes like I’d promised him. My heart grumbled in fear and disgust.
• I put my hands on my head. It was pounding, not only from the actions of the fight but also from the guilt of the mind, my soul. What would I tell grandpa? I had a man murdered just a few days after I left home? I had removed Simpleton's eyes from his skull during the fight?