Lyra's POV

I lay on the bed, staring at the moon. Looking at it now, I realized how much I truly hated it.

I hated the moon, but most of all, I hated the Moon Goddess.

She had taken so much from me, and I could not wait for this ritual to be over. I could not wait to have enough power to make everyone who had hurt me pay for what they had done.

I couldn't wait to watch Kaidos bleed to death. And my father...his death was going to be special.

Kaia was still skeptical. I could see it in the way she watched me, as though she...