Meeting Aurora

Lyra's POV

I shrugged off his grip on my wrist, jerking my hand from him and back to my side.

I tilted my chin high, glaring hard at him. "Why did you teleport me here?" I told you I don't want to come."

He met the sparks in my eyes, and his smile broke off into a slight, painful frown. "I just thought—"

"Just thought," I snapped at him. I looked again into the pain that strung his frown together, and for reasons I couldn't explain, my eyes relaxed on him. "Give me the robe and cap," I asked, rather calmly this time. I was already here. Why not just try to enjoy the trip?

He leaned his hands forward and handed them to me. I threw the robe over me, wrapping it over my small body. I grabbed my hair from my shoulders, the silky bundle sliding through my palm as I gathered it in a bunch above my head.

"Should I help you with that?" Zarek asked, nudging his jaw to my hair.