MasukLilith's POV“Please, my Lady, I really don’t want to go...”I tried to appeal the third time when the Lady was finishing tying the complicated strings of the fancy dress on my back.It was a short bubble skirt. The neckline plunged low, and there was hardly any fabric in the back — just a long strap crisscrossing into an intricate bow. The puffy shoulders dug into the arms, and the hem stopped right at mid‑thigh, chafing the skin uncomfortably.I didn’t like the style.I was never raised a princess, nor even a “proper lady”. I was raised wild, running in the woods with Orion and fighting the drunks in little pubs. I didn’t feel like I was left behind when Mama Beth took me home. I didn’t feel like I was left behind when she took Orion to the pack three years ago.But now I did.I felt
Lilith's POV“My Lady, you asked for me,” I bowed when I entered the guest room where the Lady was waiting for me. The other night with Orion helped a lot with addressing the Lady by the wrong name.That night was like a constant reminder that I wasn’t at home anymore.“Come on in,” The Lady smiled, her eyes not on me, but on the shelves of clothes in front of her. In her hands held a complicated-looking dress, “Jonathan just sent these over. I thought we could pick one for you, too. For the feast tomorrow.”Jonathan Hawthorne, Alpha of the pack.Nothing could make the Lady as happy like this as she talked about her beloved mate. It was hard for me to share her happiness because I hated the Alpha who tricked his mate into bed when he had already forfeited his fated mate by marrying another.Though he made the Lady suffer for years. Though he still wouldn’t give the Lady the title she was born to have. The Lady was still so happy at anything he would send over.Such was the power of th
Lilith's POVIt worked. Orion’s face visibly lit up at my question. He rolled his eyes with an indulging sigh: “I have never thought about breaking our bond. Lil, you are such a little troublemaker.”You wanted to keep our bond, while you marked another girl, and didn’t even give her any heavy words when she trapped me in a storm with the sole purpose of killing me. You wanted me to be the tamed mate waiting for you at home, and bear the burn when you fuck around while keeping my legs closed like a good doll.If I had any hope before this that my Orion might come back when the war over the throne was over, I realized now--The Orion now had no shred of love for me anymore. I was nothing but an object to him that he could use and keep around. He wouldn’t allow others to touch, not out of love, but out of possessiveness.And he was okay with harming me, with his own hands.Leaving became urgent.“I should have known, right?”When I told Leo, I managed to say it with self-mocking laughte
Lilith's POVI couldn’t talk with my neck gripped. He knew. He wasn’t looking for an answer. He was enjoying abusing power.This understanding turned my blood cold.“I...didn’t...” I had to comply, because the murderous look in his eyes looked too real, “You-ha-had my mark...”He would have felt it if I had. Just like I did when he marked Hannah.“I wouldn’t know if you had sex without marking each other,” Orion pushed my chin up with his thumb stuck under my jaw, so deep that I felt like his finger would poke a hole through my neck, “did you, or did you not, FUCK another man?”Tears brimmed my eyes due to lack of oxygen.Sex without marking is the biggest humiliation to another werewolf. Even just a temporary mark would be much better. He was asking if I made a whore out of myself and Leo, just to satisfy our sexual urge.The question was already humiliating, but his way of asking was worse.“No!” I managed a word out before my brain shut down by suffocation.The next second, Orion l
Lilith's POVLeo came home with me.I didn’t want to cross the Lady on such a minor issue; besides, I needed time to get a new place to live anyway. But I didn’t miss the shock and anger on Rosie’s face when she saw Leo either.Never before had I felt so clearly: this might be the Lady’s house, but it was no longer my home.The Lady took Leo to his room herself. Seeing Leo hesitating in front of the door to the clean, nice room, the Lady put a hand gently on his head and asked gently, “Would you be loyal to me?”Leo nodded, but only out of habit. To him, questions like this were usually formalities. Omegas don’t have a say in their fate.He turned his hesitating eyes to me.“I was hoping that he could take Rosie’s place,” I diverted the Lady’s question. There was no point for Leo to pledge his loyalty to anyone when we would leave the pack soon.The Lady sighed, a shade of anger passed her eyes. She closed her eyes to put it away before she told me with patience: “You are an unmated y
Lilith's POVEven as calm as the Lady, she opened her eyes wide in surprise.Then the Lady turned to Orion, her tone stern and strict, “How long are you going to keep your head in the sand?!”Orion also looked surprised.I have never seen the lady this angry. I mean, she was fierce alright. All those years, she was the one protecting us against the drunks, the mean bosses, the ill-intended rogues. In short, the whole world.She would always take my side against Orion. She would tell Orion to remember that I was to be his mate. Then she would tell me to forgive Orion because, boys would always be boys.She believed that we were bound to be together before anyone. Even ourselves.But now, I had to tell her that I no longer believe in our bond. Even just trying to phrase this idea hurt my heart.“Lil,” Orion raised his head, his voice tired, “I didn’t have anything to do with what happened to Leo, I swear!”I didn’t think he did, and he still didn’t understand why I was disappointed in h
Lilith’s POVOf course, it was Hannah.“Dominic, are you okay?!” Hannah threw herself to the half-conscious wolf on the ground with a suspected concussion, her voice genuinely worried as if she really cared.Maybe she did, because she didn’t think of the possibility that the simple mission she gave
Lilith’s POVOrion was NOT happy on the way over.He came to “apologize” to me early in the morning so he could catch up with his duties at the Alpha House in time. But now, he had to show up with me by his side, for an Omega, in my rusted van.Unlike what human cities assumed, werewolves were more
Lilith’s POVAll this time, he had been nervous because he thought I would take advantage of the Alpha’s gift and reveal his biggest, darkest secret -- me?“Why are you looking at me like that?” Orion frowned.Like what? Like disgusted? Like still trying to process how shockingly low he could go? L
Lilith’s POV“I will try to be friends with Hannah,” I said, trying to end the conversation in the easiest way I knew.Before I could find my way out of his pack, I needed to avoid more conflicts with Orion. He could make my life hell easily and now...he just might.“How can you be friends with a b







