I will never betray Lilith

Lyra slowly opened her eyes, her mind still hazy from the dream. For a moment, she thought she was still trapped in it, staring at the same wolf.

"Are you okay?" The familiar voice repeated, snapping her back to reality.

The wolf's face shifted, morphing into Cassian, and it hit her like a bolt of lightning—this wasn't a dream. She was kissing him.

Mortified, Lyra yanked away, scrambling backward while clutching the comforter against her chest. Her breaths came fast and uneven, the weight of the dream still lingering, but the realization that she had actually kissed Cassian left her utterly shaken.

Cassian, on the other hand, felt his blood ignite. Her pheromones.