I caught the quick flicker in the attendant’s eyes, the way her cheeks flushed under the fire coming off my little Luna. She didn’t realize yet that Lyra wasn’t winding down, she was only getting started.
“In fact,” Lyra continued, stepping slightly closer, her voice dipping lower but somehow becoming even more dangerous, “let me make something crystal clear so you don’t make this mistake again.
“He’s mine when he’s awake, he’s mine when he’s
asleep, he’s mine when he’s out there tearing enemies apart, and he’s mine when he’s here with me on this plane.
“He’s not thinking about you. He’s not going to touch you. And even if you were the last woman on earth and the survival of the species depended on it, he would still choose me.”
Her eyes raked over the attendant like she was measur
