BLADE

Not all storms come to ruin you; some come to relieve you of your burdens, to take all your worries away. That’s what I learned today.

My own family was hiding this enormous secret from me. They treated me as if I were nothing. Am I the monster? I don’t feel like one of them anymore. They kept everything from me. Why? Just because I would have stopped them from sacrificing Lyra? If it had been anyone else in her place, I would have done the same. I would never have been allowed to ...