Chapter 9 An Offer Hard To Refuse
- Lyra didn't want to get up. Her body ached, every movement sending shooting pain through her muscles. She hadn't given her body a physical shake-up in a long time, and now she was paying for it.
- Yesterday, she hadn't even had the strength to bathe. She had collapsed on the sofa by the entrance and fallen asleep in her clothes.
- This was becoming a habit, she thought.