Chapter 69. The Power for Peace

Lyra POV

I watch Cassian run down the hallway, feeling like a fool standing here with my mouth half open. What just happened? What about all that talk of us working together to overcome this threat? It’s my biological father attacking us. I’m the one who must use the amulet.

Why in the world is he shutting me out?

“Luna Queen.”

Healer Elara’s voice is quiet, and I turn around, having half-forgotten she was here.

“If you’ll allow me to draw the blood,” she says apologetically, “I can begin the tests. It is perhaps better to have this information about your health now, for the baby’s sake.”

The last few words convince me. “Of course.”

I follow her back into the exam room and roll up my sleeve. A thousand worries pass throu