Lyra’s POV

“You arrived so early today. I was going to give you an update on the event taking place tonight.” I walked up to Adrian, who stood close to my office with his guards glancing around for every sign of danger.

“What update?” He asked. “Can we talk inside?”

“Sure.” I gave a nod and a smile as we both walked into my office. “I was going to inform you that the event has been canceled. I'm deeply sorry for wasting your precious time. I shouldn't have thought of ...