LYRA

The brothers stared at each other in the torchlight, years of rivalry and resentment surfacing in the tense silence that stretched between them. I could see Kael processing what Riven had just revealed, his silver eyes tracking over his brother's face like he was seeing him for the first time.

"You were the soldier," Kael said slowly. I knew this confrontation was going to happen sooner or later. "The one who left her during the war, it was you."

Riven didn't deny it, his jaw clenched ...