Lyra's usually calm expression finally cracked as she stared in complete shock at the ridiculous amount of money laid out on the table before her. Had she ever seen such an absurdly large amount of money in her life? Most definitely not.
Before she could find the words to speak, Asher's calm voice beat her to it.
"This is ten thousand platinum coins. You can consider it the first payment for staying by my side until now," Asher stated with composed clarity.
After all, Lyra had been with him from the very beginning. Though one might argue that her presence was merely the result of an assignment given to her by the Primarch at the time of Asher's birth, which was, in fact, true, Lyra could have chosen to leave when Asher awakened during his third and final chance.
