Lulu

I hadn’t realised how quickly time had passed. Two months since my fire-wolf heart was stolen, since I woke up in a cabin deep in the forest.

I sat at the long table in the Sapphire Water library, old archives piled all around me. The papers smelled damp, the ink nearly faded. My hands moved slowly as I traced event after event, trying to follow a thread that felt more fragile every time I pulled too hard.

I agreed with Caspian about checking the restricted section and digging through ...