Chapter 84. Cleaning up This Wretched Mess

Lyra POV

I had a lot of time to think about becoming Luna Queen of Oceana. Well... our wedding happened fast, but with the excursion to get the amulet and then the long trip home, it wasn’t as instantaneous as this.

But suddenly, I’m standing in front of a group of people who are now my subjects, and their lives are in an upheaval, thanks to my now-absent father. I suppose anyone cold-hearted enough to do all he’s done to these people is also cowardly enough to run.

I will clean up his mess and help these people rebuild.

“Take us to the castle,” I tell Tehlan. A look into his eyes tells me I can trust this man, even though he worked closely with Assanan.

He didn’t have much choice.

‘Make camp,’ I hear Cassian order in the mind-link. ‘We’ll remain outsi