Chapter 1: The Silver Flower

Lyra had never believed the old stories.

Magic was disappearing.

Everyone knew that.

But nobody knew why.

Then she found the garden.

It was beneath an abandoned temple.

Silver flowers covered the ground.

At the center stood a tree made of crystal.

Lyra touched one flower.

A memory entered her mind.

Her mother’s voice.

Her childhood home.

A summer afternoon.

Then the flower disappeared.

Lyra stepped backward.

She understood.

The flowers consumed memories.