Chapter 26

I look to Leo, yet it is not this version of Leo who calls out to me, but a voice in the distant as I feel myself slipping away. The floor falls out from under me as I begin to fall, the dress I wear tearing off until I am wearing a simple gown made of lavender fabric, my brunette locks a mess as the wind rushes around me. As I fall, I soon meet the ground of a soft material, my eyes shooting open as I look to see Leo and Keva looking down at me as the sunrise blinds me.  Closing my eyes, my entire body aches, my brain pounding in my skull, and my fingers hurt to move as I feel a pair of callused hands placed upon my shoulders give me a soft squeeze. "Lyra, please tell me something worked from the stardust." I groan, turning onto my side as I want to puke, my body ill as I hear my joints pop. Peeling my eyelids open, I gain a view of my wrists as I see the black and fresh bruises paired with cuts dug into my palms as my nails have dried blood under them. Leo places a hand