POV: Jaden

I could not sleep.

After leaving Lyra by the creek, I returned to the cabin. Everyone was asleep. The fire had died. The air was cold.

I lay on the pullout couch, staring at the ceiling. My mind raced. Lyra's words echoed in my head.

You knew. You stayed silent. You lost everything anyway.

She was right.

I had been a coward. I had watched Ravenna destroy Lyra's marriage for years. I had watched Colt choose Ravenna again and again. I had said nothing.

But that was over now.

I was going to make it right.

I reached for my phone. I needed to check something. Something had...