Chapter 136

• Lusia
• Lye's heavy presence filled the air, as well as that lesser copper tinge—my blood wet still across my hands. I sat naked at the edge of the bed. A cold chill upon my skin, heart pounding, met the steady gaze of Dane's eyes.
• "Who told you about Kiara?" Those words cracked something deep within me, and tears that hadn't been supposed to flow were spilling at the sound of them, but then his solid warmth enveloped me and pulled me back from the brink.