Selene's POV

Rowan's words settled over me with a weight I could barely carry.

"Lyra sacrificed herself to save the Night Mother?"

I stared at him, trying to find something in his expression that would tell me he was mistaken, but his mismatched eyes held nothing except old sorrow and regret. My mind rejected the truth because it contradicted everything I had been taught about Lyra, the woman who had given her life for Lunaria and become the symbol of the White Wolf's strength.

"That cannot be true," I whispered. "Lyra was the Moon Wolf Queen. She fought the darkness. She protected our people."

"She did all of those things,"...