Lyra's Pov:
But curiosity won. I followed the sound i heard, one cautious step after another, until.... I reached the far corner near the window overlooking the courtyard. There, in the moonlight, I saw a figure standing beneath the tree. His dark coat fluttered in the breeze, and when he tilted his head upward, the light caught his face.
Adrian.
My breath caught. "Adrian!" I called, louder than I intended.
He turned sharply, and for a moment, his eyes glowed that same impossible red. But when I blinked, they were hazel again, soft and familiar. He smiled, but there was something broken about it.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded, hurrying down the stairs and out through the courtyard door. "It's past midnight, Adrian. If the warden finds you"
"I wanted to see you."
"Now? You could have written, or..."
He stepped closer. "You wouldn't have believed me if I had."
