The Truth

Lyra was slightly out of breath, coughing into one hand as she wiped the blood off her sword with the other.

The ground beneath her feet was soaked, and the coldness in her eyes deepened.

"L-y-r-a!" Cohen's voice shook as he called out. "Did you seriously just kill someone right in front of me?"

He couldn't wrap his head around it. How had this woman slipped out of his control? He came here to rescue people, but now he was helping a murderer?

Lyra waited, letting her superpower recharge a bit before turning to face him. "This is an alien planet, Cohen. It's not under any official jurisdiction, so the law doesn't exactly apply here."

Cohen winced at the sight of the blood on the ground. "Can't you just calm down?"

Lyra shot him a sarcastic look. "Maybe you should first figure out who these people are. Weren't there only military personnel and investors here? So it's clear how they got in." Her words were laced with a sharp edge.