By the time that Lyra was ready to leave later that afternoon, a gamma guard had already been appointed, and the two young girls were giggling about it. They had grown used to the gamma guard who looked after Bianca, but now there were two of them following the two girls around.
Lyra still felt really silly about the entire thing. She was convinced it wasn’t real and that she had imagined that someone was following her, but it seemed the royal family took it very seriously. She had to trust that they knew what was best.
It made sense that if Lyra was harmed, it would affect Bianca. That much Lyra understood, but she couldn’t fathom that it would affect the entire royal family. She was just Lyra. A nobody really.
“I’m sorry for causing so much trouble.” Lyra sighed deeply as they said g
