Chapter 21

Rune's POV.

It was late and awfully quiet in the manor that night and was a perfect time to open a book and bury myself in it.

I brushed my teeth and got out of my nightrobe.

“Too comfy,” I said as I hung it back up on the wardrobe.

I got in a pair of my old jeans and a shirt I loosely buttoned. I looked in the mirror knowing fully well that there were other things I could do than babysit Lyra.

Not that I was complaining about it.

Lyra had been a good companion, even better than these guys here, but I still had no idea why Xavier had felt so attached to her.

Even putting constant stops to his quest.

This baffled me a great deal.

And Lyra on the other hand is sweet and all addicting even.

I smiled as I remembered what transpired that day at the court which reminded me, that her initiation ceremony was close and fast approaching.

“I trust Lucas to have taught her all she needs to know,” I said aloud.

In a brief moment, I looked at my reflection in the mirror and burst out laughing.

Luca