The Frostlands had never been quiet like this. Even the guards moved like ghosts through the halls, they were afraid that one wrong sound would upset him.

Since the night Lyra left, something in Kieran had changed or like something he tried holding together had broken .

He didn't sleep, barely talked, barely ate.

He was cold, even though his room was very warm it still felt cold when people walked in and every time he walked through the castle everyone could hear his footsteps, no one talked ...