Moonspear haven't learned my lesson

"That's true," Alya agreed, a sheepish smile flashing across her face. "Mom and Hy probably saved your life," she added, always the candid one. Thinking about this put a bit of a damper on her admiration of the young man, but even if it hadn't, the tidbit about Lyra swept it all away.

Of course, Alya knew that Lyra did these things. There was very little that Alya didn't know about Lyra's various activities - but she had not known that Terance made that face when he said Lyra's name.

"You really like hanging out with Lyra, huh?" said Alya, pouncing on this new (and quite possibly imagined) development.