Ever since Lyra had become best friends with Bella, both their lives had changed in quiet, beautiful ways.
Before Lyra came along, Bella's days were quiet, too quiet. She rarely left the house, never went out to meet people, and would hide behind polite excuses whenever someone invited her somewhere.
She was painfully introverted because of the betrayal that happened by her friends and became the kind of girl who could spend hours sitting by the window just thinking, afraid of what might happen if she stepped too far outside her comfort zone.
She had her mother, and that was enough—or so she thought.
She would follow Camilla everywhere, help her with chores, and sit beside her while she worked. It had reached the point where Camilla, as much as she loved having her daughter close, began to worry.
