Chapter 75

Rowan

I pulled up at Lyra's house nearly twenty minutes later, racing in with the hope that she was still very safe and nothing had happened to her.

My knuckles jammed against her door once and then it swung open. She appeared by the doorway, her face pale with fear.

She threw herself against me the moment I stepped in, sobbing profusely. Her arms clutched my body tightly, her body shivering violently as she cried.

“It's enough,” I consoled her, slowly disengaging from the hug and then putting her at arm's length. “Have you called the cops?”

Her head swung to both sides. “No,” she wiped a tear...